Garabekewül

Garabekewül Карабекаул
Garabekewül rail station
Garabekewül Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 38°28′59″N 64°09′09″E
Country	Turkmenistan
Province	Lebap Province
District	Saýat District
Population  (1989)
• Total	5,509
Time zone	UTC+5
Area code	(+993-443)

Garabekewül is a city in Saýat District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.^[1]

Etymology

The terms Gara ("black") and Bekewül refer to two of the clans that make up the Ersari tribe, and Atanyyazow asserts that this is the origin of the toponym. ^[2]

Transportation

The city is located near the Amu Darya close to an eponymous rail station on the Türkmenabat-Kerki rail line.

History

The town is famed as the birthplace of Seyitnazar Seydi, a classical poet as well as the military commander of Soltaniyaz Beg, who had unsuccessfully rebelled against the Bukhara Emirate.^[3] The ruins of Beg's fortress is located a short distance, north of the town.^[3]

Administration

Garabekewül was designated a "town of urban type" as of 1940. Until 5 May 1993 it was called Karabekaul (Russian: Карабекаул).^[4] It was upgraded to city status in July 2016.^[5] The city served as the administrative center of Garabekewül District until that district was abolished on 25 November 2017 by parliamentary decree.^[6] It was assigned to Halaç District until November 2022, when it was transferred to Saýat District.^[1]

Population

1959[7]	1970[8]	1979[9]	1989[10]
2002	3113	3966	5509

References

1. "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.
2. Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. p. 85.
3. Brummell, Paul (2005). Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9.
4. Межгосударственный совет по геодезии, картографии, кадастру, и дистанционному зондированию земли государств - участников СНГ. (2017). "Изменения географических названий Туркменистана" (Электронный бюллетень) (in Russian). 10 (Изменения географических названий государств-участников СНГ ed.): 30. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2021-04-10. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ Меджлиса Туркменистана «Об административно-территориальных вопросах Лебапского велаята»
6. "Парламент Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята". Информационный портал Туркменистана "Turkmenportal" (in Russian). 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
7. Перепись-1959
8. Перепись-1970
9. Перепись-1979
10. Перепись-1989

External links

• Photographs of the ruins (mud-brick walls) of Beg's fortress