Garabogaz
Garabogaz (pronounced [ʁɑɾɑboˈʁɑð]) is a city (or town) in Turkmenistan, on the western shores of Balkan, which covers a western end portion, about one fifth, and one of five provinces of the country. Until 2002, the place was named Bekdaş [bekˈdɑʃ].
Garabogaz | |
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  Garabogaz Location in Turkmenistan | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′13″N 52°34′13″E | |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Province | Balkan Province |
| Population (1989 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,895 |
The settlement occupies the northern tapering of a ridge before it becomes a narrow spit. These together divides the Garabogazköl lagoon from the Caspian Sea, with a small inlet channel to the south of the town. It has abundant and varied mineral resources from the highly saline lagoon. 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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