Turkmenistan: The Bradt Travel Guide, Paul Brummell, Bradt Travel Guides, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9, ... Dashoguz Region feels remote from Ashgabat, far to the south across the unforgiving Kara Kum Desert. Ethnic Uzbeks are a sizeable minority. In common with adjacent areas of Uzbekistan, the region has felt the environmental consequences of the dessication of the Aral Sea ...
