Garabogaz
Garabogaz | |
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  Garabogaz Location in Turkmenistan | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′13″N 52°34′13″E / 41.53694°N 52.57028°E | |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Province | Balkan Province |
| Population (1989 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,895 |
Garabogaz (pronounced [ʁɑɾɑboˈʁɑð]) is a city in Turkmenistan, part of the Balkan Province. Until 2002, it was named Bekdaş [bekˈdɑʃ].
The city is located on a ridge which divides the Garabogazköl lagoon from the Caspian Sea. The city has abundant and varied mineral resources from the Garabogazköl. It is one of few places in the world where naturally deposited sodium sulphate exists in commercially exploitable quantities.
Prior to 1932 the town lay in what is now Kazakhstan.[2]
References
- ^ Population census 1989 Archived 2012-02-04 at WebCite, Demoscope Weekly, No. 359-360, 1-18 January 2009 (search for Туркменская ССР) (in Russian)
- ^ Trofimov, Dmitriy (2002), Ethnic/Territorial and Border Problems in Central Asia, retrieved 28 October 2018
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