Tagtabazar (formerly Panjdeh or Pendi)
is the capital
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Tagtabazar District
Tagtabazar District () is a Districts of Turkmenistan, district of Mary Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Tagtabazar.
The district is situated very close to the Afghanistan border.
Administrative ...
in the
Mary Province
Mary Region () is one of five regions of Turkmenistan, provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary, Turkmenistan, Mary. Its area is and population 1,613,386 (2 ...
of
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
.
See also
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Panjdeh incident
The Panjdeh incident (spelled Penjdeh in older accounts, and known in Russian historiography as the battle of the Kushka) was an armed engagement between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Russian Empire in 1885 that led to a diplomatic crisi ...
References
{{Cities of Turkmenistan
Populated places in Mary Region