Garlyk Sanctuary is a
sanctuary
A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a sa ...
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zakaznik
Zakaznik (russian: зака́зник, зака́зники, transliterated: ''zakaznik, zakazniki''; uk, singular: заказни́к or зака́зник; plural: заказники́ or зака́зники, transliterated: ''zakaznyk'', ''zak ...
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
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It is part of
Köýtendag Nature Reserve
Köýtendag Nature Reserve, formerly Kugitang Nature Reserve, is a nature reserve (''zapovednik'') in the extreme east of Turkmenistan.
Geography
Established in 1986, it is located in the Köýtendag Range of Lebap Province
Lebap Region ...
. It was established for the protection of unique caves and other objects of the inanimate nature (marble onyx), protection of rare and endemic species of plants, preservation of juniper groves.
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090609072344/http://natureprotection.gov.tm/reserve_tm.html
Sanctuaries in Turkmenistan
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