Turkmen Sahra

Turkmen Sahra
ترکمن صحرا
Region
Interactive map of Turkmen Sahra
Sovereign state Iran

Turkmen Sahra (Persian: ترکمن صحرا) is a region of Northeastern Iran near the Caspian Sea, bordering Turkmenistan, the majority of whose inhabitants are ethnic Turkmen. The most important cities of Turkmen Sahra are Gonbad-e Kavus, Aqqala, Kalaleh, Maraveh Tappeh, Gomishan and Bandar Torkaman. There are, according to Ethnologue, roughly 719,000 Turkmens in Turkmen Sahra today.

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