Makhtumkala

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Makhtumkala or Magtymgala is a riverside village in Turkmenistan.{{Cite book|last=Brummell|first=Paul|title=Turkmenistan|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|year=2005|isbn=978-1-84162-144-9|pages=159|language=en|author-link=Paul Brummell}}

Site

At the western perimeter of the village is the Mausoleum of Makhtum — a rectangular structure (c. 14th-15th century) with a tin-domed roof and an entrance, flanked with niches.{{Cite web|date=2016-07-01|title=Baton of horse ride dedicated to Asian Games – 2017 was taken up by Balkan velayat – picturesque land of plenty with ancient history and original traditions|url=https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/en/post/6154/baton-of-horse-ride-dedicated-to-asian-games-%e2%80%93-2017-was-taken-up-by-balkan-velayat-%e2%80%93-picturesque-land-of-plenty-with-ancient-history-and-original-traditions|access-date=2021-12-05|website=turkmenistan.gov.tm|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Geçmişiň gözli şaýatlary|url=https://serhetabat-dovletabat.gov.tm/makala/6155|access-date=2021-12-22|publisher=State Border Service of Turkmenistan}} It remains inaccessible to tourists.

About 14 km east of the village, a trek leads to the Kozhdemir (var. Gochedmir) Waterfalls ({{coord|38.45532|56.54336}}).

Wildlife

Snow leopards were spotted in 1970.{{Cite book|last1=Rustamov|first1=Anver K.|title=Vertebrates in the Red Data Book of Turkmenistan|last2=Sopyev|first2=Ovez|work=Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan|publisher=Springer Netherlands|year=1994|isbn=978-94-011-1116-4|editor-last=Fet|editor-first=Victor|series=Monographiae Biologicae|volume=72 |place=Dordrecht|pages=208|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-94-011-1116-4_13|editor2-last=Atamuradov|editor2-first=Khabibulla I.}} Common noctules are seen.{{Cite book|title=The Red Data Book of Turkmenistan|publisher=Ministry of Nature Protection, Government of Turkmenistan|year=2011|editor-last=Atayev|editor-first=K|edition=3|volume=2: Invertebrate and Vertebrate Animals|location=Ashgabat|page=314|editor-last2=Kokanova|editor-first2=E.}}

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