Abadan (Turkmenistan)
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| Province : | Ahal welaýaty | ||
| Founded : | 1963 | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 3 ' N , 58 ° 13' E | ||
| Residents : | 50,000 | ||
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Abadan is a city in Ahal Province in southwest Turkmenistan .
geography
It is located 20 km northwest of the capital Ashgabat and 30 km north of the border with Iran . Abadan was founded in 1963 and has a population of around 50,000.
history
Her original (Russian) name was Büzmeýin (Russian: Бюзмейн) until she was renamed by the then President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov , in October 2002.
Accident caused by an explosion
On July 7, 2011 , according to eyewitness reports, a large part of the city was destroyed by explosions in an army ammunition dump. Accordingly, there should have been over 1,000 deaths. A website gave the number as 1382. At 40 degrees Celsius , several short-range missiles are said to have started from an ammunition dump and these are said to have hit houses, including schools and hospitals . Almost a third of those killed are children . This information has not yet been officially confirmed, rather there is talk of the explosion of fireworks in a department store, in which 13 people were killed.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abadan. Retrieved August 6, 2011 .
- ^ Explosion in the ammunition depot: Turkmen Summer. taz.de, accessed on August 6, 2011 .
- ↑ Disaster: 1,400 dead in Turkmenistan after explosions in weapons caches? July 14, 2011, accessed August 6, 2011 .
- ^ Message on tagesschau.de from July 15, 2011 ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )