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Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

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Balkan Province Balkan Region ( tk, Balkan welaýaty, Балкан велаяты) is the westernmost of the five regions of Turkmenistan. Clockwise from north it borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (north); two provinces of Turkmenistan (east), Iran (south), and ...

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Etrek District Etrek Etraby is a district (''estrap'') in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the ...

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and administrative center of

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( tk, Etrek derýasy) bordering on

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. The city's and district's name was changed to Etrek in December 1999 by Parliamentary Resolution HM-63.

Etymology

Atanyyazow postulates that the name "Etrek" comes from the Turkic word ''atrau'', which refers to the shore of a body of water. The name was first encountered in the 13th century, in the works of Hamdallah Qazvi. Atanyyazow further makes clear that the prefix ''gyzyl-'' was added during the

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period as a reference to the revolutionary color "red". This municipality was known as Baýat-Hajy until 1928. Atanyyazow nods to local elders who say the name honored an early resident who completed the pilgrimage to

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, but notes that a local tribe is also named Baýat.

Overview

Nearby towns and villages include Agach-Arvat (4.8 km), Torshakli, Iran (6.3 km), Yasydepe (15.6 km), and Yarymtyk (19.4 km). There is no air service to Etrek, although there is an airport, Kizyl Atrek Airport, just to the south. Etrek is the site of a barracks of the

State Border Service of Turkmenistan The State Border Service (SBS) ( tk, Döwlet Serhet Gullugy, DSG; russian: Государственная пограничная служба, ГПС) also commonly known by its paramilitary force as the Turkmen Border Troops ( tk, Türkmenistan S ...

, and is the location of a satellite office of the State Migration Service.State Migration Service of Turkmenistan website
/ref> The city and its district are included in the list of frontier areas of Turkmenistan subject to border service control.

Climate

Etrek has a

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''BWk''), with cool winters and hot summers. Rainfall is generally light and erratic, and is heavier in winter than in summer.

References

External links

"Gyzyletrek"
at geonames.org

Etymology

Overview

Climate

References

External links

See also