Anau

Anau Änew
Ak Bugdaý (White Wheat) Museum
Anau Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 37°53′N 58°32′E / 37.883°N 58.533°E
Country	Turkmenistan
Province	Ahal Province
Population (1989 census)[1]
• Total	9,332

Anau (also spelled Annau, Turkmen: Änew, Әнев, أنِو /æˈneβ/, Turkmenistan, capital of Ahal Province, is a city 8 km southeast of Ashgabat which is connected via the M37 highway. Traces of habitation in the area date back to the 4th millennia BC, with fine painted potteries, and a seal that may contain the earliest evidence of the movement of writing Eastward toward China.^[2] The name Anau is from Persian Âbe nav (آب نو) meaning "New Water".

In 2003, the city built a new stadium and in 2005 a major Museum Ak bugday.

References

1. Population census 1989 Archived 2012-02-04 at WebCite, Demoscope Weekly, No. 359-360, 1–18 January 2009 (search for Туркменская ССР) (Russian)
2. Langer, William L., ed. (1972). An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 17. ISBN 0-395-13592-3.

External links

• Article at the University of Pennsylvania on discovery of bronze age stamp seal
• "The Anau Seal and the Questions It Raises" by Tao Wang and Helen Wang, Journal of Inner Asian Art and Archaeology 2 (2007), pp. 143-150
• 汪涛、汪海岚 撰；韩香 译: 《安瑙印章及其引出的问题》，《西域文史》第六辑 （2011年12月），79-88 页

Coordinates: 37°53′N 58°32′E / 37.883°N 58.533°E