Bereket District
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Bereket District
Bereket etraby Gazanjyk District | |
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District | |
| Coordinates: 39°14′35″N 55°31′01″E / 39.24306°N 55.51694°E | |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Region | Balkan Region |
| Capital | Bereket |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (+5) |
Bereket District (Turkmen: Bereket etraby) (formerly Gazanjyk District) is a district of Balkan Region in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the city of Bereket.
History[edit]
Founded in January 1925 as a district of Kazandjik Kazandzhiksky Poltoratsky District Turkmen SSR centered on Cazangic station.
- In August 1926 was abolished Poltoratsky County and Kazandzhiksky District passed under the direct supervision of the Turkmen SSR.
- In November 1939 Kazandzhiksky District went to the newly formed Krasnovodsk Oblast.
- In January 1947 Krasnovodsk Oblast was abolished and the area was transferred to the Ashgabat Oblast.
- In April 1952 Krasnovodsk Oblast has been restored and re-entered the Kazandzhiksky District in its composition.
- In December 1955 Krasnovodsk Oblast was again abolished and the area again became a part of the Ashkhabad Oblast.
- In May 1959, Ashgabat Oblast was abolished and the region was under the direct supervision of the Turkmen SSR.
- In December 1973 the district was transferred to rebuilt Krasnovodsk Oblast.
- In 1988 Krasnovodsk Oblast again was abolished and the region was under the direct supervision of the Turkmen SSR.
- In 1991 Kazandzhiksky District became part of the Balkan Region was renamed in Gazandzhyksky Etrap first, and then in Bereket district.
Populated places in Bereket District[edit]
- Akjadepe - railway station, pop. 23.
- Akjaguýma, Turkmenistan - railway station, pop. 120.
- Däneata - railway station, pop. 100.
- Dövletýar - railway station, pop. 40.
- Bugdaýly - railway station, pop. 33.
- Balguýi - railway station, pop. 30.
- Ejeri - mineral springs, pop. 2–3.
- Iskender, Turkmenistan - railway station, pop. 255.
- Madaw - railway station, pop. 152.
- Oboý - railway station, pop. 725.
- Uzyn-suw - railway station, pop. 350.
- Arkaç - railway station, pop. 35.
- Aýdyn - railway station, pop. 35.
- Bala-Işem - railway station, pop. 730.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "President of Turkmenistan visits the construction site of Bereket-Etrek section of the North-South railway". turkmenistan.gov.tm. 2013-08-21. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
| Ahal Region | |
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| Balkan Region | |
| Daşoguz Region | |
| Lebap Region | |
| Mary Region | |
| City of Ashgabat | |
| City of Arkadag | |
| City of Türkmenbaşy | |
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