Official Name: | Şatlyk |
Other Name: | Şehitli / Шехитли (?-1971) |
Pushpin Map: | Turkmenistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Turkmenistan |
Coordinates: | 37.6°N 96°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Turkmenistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Mary Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Sakarçäge District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 7,000 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Şatlyk is a city in Sakarçäge District, Mary Region, Turkmenistan.[2]
Prior to 1971 the settlement was known as Şehitli. The word şehit in Turkmen means "martyr" or "someone who dies an untimely death", but the reference is obscure. The word şatlyk, on the other hand, means "joy, happiness".[3] [4]
Şatlyk's main industry is natural gas extraction from the Shatlyk Gas Field. The Shatlyk compressor station is nearby. A large poultry farm is located east of the city.
Şatlyk lies on the P-9 highway, which connects to the outskirts of the city of Mary to the east and intersects with the M37 highway at the town of Deňizhan to the southwest. It is near the Mary-Turkmenabat rail line of the Trans-Caspian Railway and is served by Garybata rail station. Near Şatlyk, at the Şatlyk compressor station, is the start of the East–West pipeline for transport of natural gas.