Nissa
Nisa was an ancient settlement of the Parthians, located near the Bagyr neighborhood of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 18 km west of the city center. Nisa is described by some as the first seat of the Arsacid Empire.
- Tourist attraction
- Description: capital of Parthian Empire
- Also known as“Köne Nusaý”“Mint of Nisa Mithradatkart”“Mitridatkirt”“Nisa”“Nisa Mithradatkart”“Nisa, Turkmenistan”“Old Nissa (Nusay)”
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Latitude
37.9515° or 37° 57′ 5″ north
Longitude
58.211° or 58° 12′ 40″ east
Open location code
8H9WX626+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = ruins
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Nissa” goes by many names.
NisaAfrikaans
نساArabic
ՆիսաArmenian
NisaAsturian
NisaAzerbaijani
Nisa (Türkmənistan)Azerbaijani
НисаBashkir
Ниса (ҡала)Bashkir
NisaBasque
НісаBelarusian
নিসা, তুর্কমেনিস্তানBengali
НисаBulgarian
Ниса (Туркменистан)Bulgarian
NasaCatalan
尼萨Chinese
尼薩Chinese
MitradatkirtCroatian
NisaCroatian
NisaCzech
NisaDutch
نساEgyptian Arabic
NisaEsperanto
Nisa (Turkmenio)Esperanto
NisaFinnish
NisaGalician
Nisa, TurkmenistánGalician
ნისაGeorgian
نساGilaki
MitridatkirtHausa
NisaHausa
ניסהHebrew
निसा के पार्थियन किलेHindi
निसा, तुर्कमेनिस्तानHindi
NiszaHungarian
Nisa, TurkmenistanIndonesian
NisaIrish
NisaItalian
ニサJapanese
니사Korean
NisaLithuanian
निसाक पार्थियन किलासभMaithili
NisaMaltese
निसाको पार्थियन गढीहरूNepali
مهردادکردPersian
مهردادگردPersian
نساPersian
NisaPolish
Nowa NisaPolish
ParthaunisaPolish
Stara NisaPolish
Александрополь (Старая Ниса)Russian
Наса́Russian
Неса́Russian
НисаRussian
Новая нисаRussian
ПарфавнисаRussian
царская крепость Митридаткерт (Старая Ниса)Russian
Партијска тврђава НисаSerbian
NisaSerbo-Croatian
NisaSlovak
NisaSlovenian
Nisa, TurkmenistanSlovenian
NisaSwedish
НисоTajik
Ниса археологик каласыTatar
Nisa, TürkmenistanTurkish
Gadymy NusaýTurkmen
Nusaý galasyTurkmen
НісаUkrainian
نسا، ترکمانستانUrdu
NisoUzbek
Nisa, TurkmenistanVietnamese
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