The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Darvaza
an urban-type settlement in Ashkhabad Raion, Turkmen SSR. Located in the Karakum desert, 256 km north of Ashkhabad, with which it is linked by motor-vehicle and air transport. Population, 5,000 (1970). There are deposits of natural gas in the area.
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