Balkans welaýaty
| Balkans welaýaty | |
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| Country | Turkmenistan |
| Capital | Balkanabat |
| surface | 139,270 km² |
| Residents | 553,500 (2005) |
| density | 4 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | TM-B |
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Coordinates: 40 ° 0 ' N , 55 ° 0' E
Balkan welaýaty (formerly Russian Красноводская область Krasnovodskaja Oblast ) is one of the five provinces of Turkmenistan .
The province is located in the west of the country on the coast of the Caspian Sea and its salty lagoon Kara-Bogas-Gol . It borders Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the north and Iran in the south . It is named after the Great Balkans , a mountain range up to 1,880 m high (not to be confused with the mountains of the same name in southeastern Europe).
The area is 139,270 km², the population (2005) around 553,500, which results in a population density of around 4 inhabitants / km².
The capital of the province is Balkanabat (formerly Nebit-Dag), other larger cities are Türkmenbaşy (formerly Krasnovodsk), Serdar (formerly Kyzyl -Arwat), Hazar and Gumdag .
Web links
- Information on the provinces of Turkmenistan on science.gov.tm (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Britannica Book of the Year 2013
