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Oguzhan (town)

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Town in Mary Region, Turkmenistan
Oguzhan şäherçesi Gulanly
Town
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Coordinates: 37°19′N 61°05′E / 37.317°N 61.083°E / 37.317; 61.083
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceMary Region
DistrictMurgap District
Time zoneUTC+5

Oguzhan (formerly Gulanly) is a town in Murgap District, Mary Region, Turkmenistan. Prior to 9 November 2022, it was the capital of Oguzhan District, which was abolished by parliamentary decree. It is the site of a fertilizer depot and a cotton yard.

Etymology

Oguzhan is the Turkmen spelling of Oghuz Khagan, the mythical progenitor of the Turkic nations, and the town was renamed in his honor. Atanyyazow is silent on the significance or origin of the name Gulanly, which literally means "with wild asses" (gulan "wild ass" + -ly "with").

Transportation

Oguzhan features a station of the same name on a branch of the Trans-Caspian Railway built between 1992 and 1996 that leads from Parahat junction to Sarahs and onward to Iran. The town is also served by the P-9 highway.

References

  1. "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.
  2. "OpenStreetMap / Districts in Turkmenistan". Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. "Mapillary image key 6gbCpAVOsGYvNlkqsUelqA". 11 November 2018.
  4. "Way: 241882376". 12 May 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. p. 116.
  6. Frank, Allen J.; Touch-Werner, Jeren (October 20, 1999). Turkmen-English Dictionary (in English and Turkmen). Kensington, Maryland: Dunwoody Press. ISBN 978-1881265290.
  7. "Türkmenistanyň demir ýol ulgamynda gazanan üstünlikleri" (in Turkmen). Zaman Turkmenistan. 26 November 2016.
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