Dushak
Dushak is a small town in the Karakum Desert on the rim of the Kopet Dag mountains of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. The town is renowned for the Battle of Dushak between British and Bolshevik forces.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: place in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
- Also known as: “Dusak” and “Duschak”
- Address: Duşak, Kaka etraby, Ahal welaýaty
Dushak
- Categories: human settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Ahal Province, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.18813° or 37° 11′ 17″ northLongitude
60.01819° or 60° 1′ 6″ eastElevation
255 metres (837 feet)Open location code
8J9252Q9+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 581407673OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1219501Wikidata ID
Q5316864
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Dushak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “杜沙克”
- Dutch: “Dushak”
- Irish: “Dushak”
- Japanese: “ドゥシャク”
- Persian: “دوشاخ”
- Persian: “دوشک”
- Russian: “Душак”
- Turkish: “Duşak”
- Vietnamese: “Dushak”
- Western Panjabi: “دوشاک”
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