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Bereket

Balkan, Turkmenistan · Asia

About Bereket

Bereket sits on the route: 1 hours from Janahyr.

Bereket is in Balkan, Turkmenistan, with about 25,000 people. The nearest town is Janahyr, about 68 km away.

Bereket, before 1999 Gazanjyk or Kazandzhik (Russian: Казанджик or Turkmen: Газанҗык gɑˈzɑnd͡ʒik), is a city in Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan. Bereket is the administrative centre of Bereket District. Bereket is located in an oasis in the foothills of the Kopetdag Mountains and on the edge of the Karakum

Read more Desert. Bereket is a strategic junction of the Trans-Caspian Railway (Caspian Sea-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan) and North-South Transnational Railway (Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Persian Gulf. The city has a large locomotive repair depot and a modern railway station. The city is located approximately 260 km (162 mi) west of the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat and 340 km (211 mi) east of the Caspian Sea port of Turkmenbashy. The largest cities nearby are Balkanabat 120 km (75 mi) to the west, and Serdar 90 km (56 mi) to the east. In 2022, it had a population of 23,697 people.

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Quick Information

Population
24,500
Continent
Asia
Country
Turkmenistan
Region
Balkan
Timezone
Asia/Ashgabat
Coordinates
39.2446, 55.5154

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