Medes
Medes is a city in Turkmenistan with a population of about 0.
The Medes were an Iron Age Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana. Their consolidation in Iran is believed to have occurred during the 8th century BC. In the 7th century BC, all of western Iran and some other territories were under Median rule, but their precise geographic extent remains unknown.
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About Medes
| Country | Turkmenistan |
| Continent | Asia |
| Explore | 05 |
| Population | 0 |
| Local currency | TMT |
| Coordinates | 35.2338, 62.3673 |
| Time zone | Asia/Ashgabat |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 467 km · Ashgabat |
| Population (Turkmenistan) | #104 most populated in Turkmenistan |
| Where on Earth | 35°14′2″N · 62°22′2″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 3,922 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 6,097 km |
| Same latitude as | Kimhae (South Korea) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -35.23, -117.63 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Dubai | 1,306 km |
| Moscow | 2,955 km |
| Cairo | 2,959 km |
| Beijing | 4,719 km |
| Paris | 5,040 km |
| London | 5,188 km |