Tejen

Tejen
Mosque under construction in Tejen, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan, in May 2018
Mosque under construction in Tejen, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan, in May 2018
Tejen is located in Turkmenistan
Tejen
Tejen
Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 37°23′N 60°30′E / 37.383°N 60.500°E / 37.383; 60.500
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceAhal Province
DistrictTejen District
Elevation
161 m (528 ft)
Population
 • Total52,000

Tejen (older spellings: Tedzhen, Tejend, Tejent) is an oasis city in the Karakum Desert, in Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It lies along the M37 highway, between Dushak and Mary, 223 kilometres (139 mi) by road southeast of Ashgabat.[1] It has a population of approximately 52,000. To the east is the larger oasis of Mary. Khlopin suggests Tejen may have been the birthplace of Zoroaster.[2]

  1. ^ Way: Tejen (43967943), OpenStreetMap
  2. ^ Khlopin, I.N. (1992), "Zoroastrianism – Location and Time of its Origin", Iranica Antiqua, 27: 96–116, doi:10.2143/IA.27.0.2002124