Magtymguly (formerly Garrygala, Kara-Kala, Russian: Кара-Кала) is a city (Turkmen: şäher) west of Aydere in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan.

[4][5] The town is filled with monuments in memory of Magtymguly Pyragy; however, it is not prominent in the tourism circuit.

[5] Soon the Soviet Union shifted to synthetic rubber, and the station re-focused on indigenous flora and fauna.

[5] Visiting in 2004, Paul Brummell observed that the institute, which was under authority of the Turkmen Ministry of Agriculture, engaged in little scientific work and was mostly concerned with "selling saplings and fruit jam.

"[5] Several miles from the eastern outskirts of the town lies the tomb of Shibli Baba as part of a sacred complex.