Aq Toqeh Explained

Official Name:Aq Toqeh
Native Name:آق تقه
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Golestan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kalaleh
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Pishkamar
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Zavkuh
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:461
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:37.995°N 55.6436°W

Aq Toqeh (Persian: آق تقه, also Romanized as Āq Toqeh, Āqtūgeh, and Āq Tūqeh; also known as Āqloqqeh and Āq Toqeh-ye Jadīd) is a village in Zavkuh Rural District, Pishkamar District, Kalaleh County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 461, in 98 families.

The village has two locations, Old Aq Toqeh (Aq Taqeh-ye Qadim) near the bridge over the river and New Aq Toqeh (Aq Taqeh-ye Qadim)further north. At Old Aq Toqeh is a modern mausoleum for the Turkmen poet Makhtumqoli Faraghi.