Saýat is a
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
and capital of
Saýat District
Saýat District is a district of Lebap Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Saýat.
Found in January 1925 with the same name in Lenin Province (today Lebap), it became directly subordinate to the T ...
in the
Lebap Region
Lebap Region ( tk, Lebap welaýaty/Лебап велаяты from the Persian ''Lab-e āb'') is one of the regions of Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan, Uzbekistan along the Amu Darya. Its capital is T ...
of
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 ...
.
Etymology
Saýat is the name of a Turkmen tribe, and originally comes from the Arabic word for "hunter".
References
Populated places in Lebap Region
{{Cities of Turkmenistan