Ruhubelent is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the administrative center of
Ruhubelent District of
Daşoguz Province,
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 ...
. The district was established in April 2007 and the town of Ruhubelent was founded on 17 October 2008.
Etymology
The word ''ruhubelent'' in
Turkmen means "inspiring, inspirational".
Amenities
Facilities in Ruhubelent include the district governor's office, a police station, district prosecutor, national security office, courthouse, 320-seat school house, house of culture, 50-bed hospital, outpatient clinic, kindergarten, 24 two-story duplex houses, water purification plant, shopping mall, telephone and electrical service, railroad station, and a bank branch.
Transportation
The town is served by the Trans-Karakum Railway that connects
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lie ...
and
Daşoguz
Daşoguz (also Dashoguz, Dasoguz; roughly "stone spring" in Turkmen), formerly known as Tashauz (until 1992; russian: Ташау́з) and Dashkhovuz (1992–1999; russian: Дашхову́з), is a city in northern Turkmenistan and the capital o ...
as well as the Ashgabat-Dashoguz Automobile Highway.
References
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Populated places in Daşoguz Region