Garabogaz

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Garabogaz
Garabogaz is located in Turkmenistan
Garabogaz
Garabogaz
Location in Turkmenistan
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Country  Turkmenistan
Province Balkan Province
Population (1989 census)[1]
 • Total 6,895

Garabogaz is a city in Turkmenistan, part of the Balkan Province. Until 2002, it was named Bekdaş [Bake-dash].

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.

References

  1. Population census 1989, Demoscope Weekly, No. 359-360, 1-18 January 2009 (search for Туркменская ССР) (Russian)

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