Garabekewül Explained
| Official Name: | Garabekewül |
| Other Name: | Карабекаул |
| Pushpin Map: | Turkmenistan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Turkmenistan |
| Coordinates: | 38.4831°N 64.1525°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name: | Turkmenistan |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lebap Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saýat District |
| Population As Of: | 1989 |
| Population Total: | 5,509 |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
| Postal Code: | 746140 |
| 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.
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.
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Notes and References
- News: Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана . 10 November 2022 . ru . Электронная газета «Золотой век».
- Book: Atanyýazow, Soltanşa . Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги. Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan . 85 . Ылым . 1980 . Ashgabat .
- Book: Brummell, Paul. Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. 2005. 978-1-84162-144-9. 195. en. Paul Brummell.
- Межгосударственный совет по геодезии, картографии, кадастру, и дистанционному зондированию земли государств - участников СНГ. . Изменения географических названий Туркменистана. . Электронный бюллетень . Изменения географических названий государств-участников СНГ . 2017 . 10 . 30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180416013428/https://rosreestr.ru/upload/Doc/19-upr/%D0%91%D1%8E%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%20%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%93.zip . 2018-04-16 . ru . 2021-04-10 . dead .
- http://www.parahat.info/edict/2016-07-08-postanovlenie-medjlisa-turkmenistana-ob-administrativno-territorialnyh-voprosah-lebapskogo-velayata ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ Меджлиса Туркменистана «Об административно-территориальных вопросах Лебапского велаята»
- Web site: Парламент Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята. Информационный портал Туркменистана "Turkmenportal". 2017-11-28. ru. 2018-04-14.
- http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr59_reg2.php Перепись-1959
- http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr70_reg2.php Перепись-1970
- http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr79_reg2.php Перепись-1979
- http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Перепись-1989
