Tejen | |
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 Mosque under construction in Tejen, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan, in May 2018 | |
  Tejen Location in Turkmenistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°23′N 60°30′E / 37.383°N 60.500°E | |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Province | Ahal Province |
| District | Tejen District |
| Elevation | 161 m (528 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 52,000 |
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]
- ^ Way: Tejen (43967943), OpenStreetMap
- ^ Khlopin, I.N. (1992), "Zoroastrianism – Location and Time of its Origin", Iranica Antiqua, 27: 96–116, doi:10.2143/IA.27.0.2002124