Gyzyljar Sanctuary is a

sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a saf ...

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zakaznik Zakaznik (russian: зака́зник, зака́зники, transliterated: ''zakaznik, zakazniki''; uk, singular: заказни́к or зака́зник; plural: заказники́ or зака́зники, transliterated: ''zakaznyk'', ''zak ...

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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 ...

. It is part of Bathyz Nature Reserve. It was established as a place for foaling and lambing of animals.

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090609072344/http://natureprotection.gov.tm/reserve_tm.html * https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5432/ Sanctuaries in Turkmenistan {{Asia-protected-area-stub