Seýdi, formerly Neftezavodsk, is a city in Dänew District,

Lebap Province Lebap Region ( tk, Lebap welaýaty/Лебап велаяты from the Persian language, 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 ...

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

Neftezavodsk derives from two Russian words — neft (нефть; oil) and zavod (завод; factory).

History

The city was founded in 1973 with construction of the oil refinery; acc. to Russian census data, it was categorized as a "town of urban type". On 23 August 1990, it was upgraded to

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, and renamed Seýdi in honor of Turkmen poet Seýitnazar Seýdi. On 25 November 2017, Seýdi was downgraded from a city with "district status" to a city "in a district" (i.e., subordinate to the district government).

Geography

Seýdi lies on the edge of the Transuguz Desert, 70 kilometers NW of

Türkmenabat Türkmenabat ( tk, Türkmenabat, Түркменабат), formerly and since medieval times Chardzhou, (russian: Чарджоу, ''Chardzhou''; tk, Çärjew, links=no, ) ( fa, چهارجوی 'čahârjuy', meaning 'four brooks') and in ancient ti ...

on the left bank of the

Amu Darya The Amu Darya, tk, Amyderýa/ uz, Amudaryo// tg, Амударё, Amudaryo ps, , tr, Ceyhun / Amu Derya grc, Ὦξος, Ôxos (also called the Amu, Amo River and historically known by its Latin name or Greek ) is a major river in Central Asi ...

. The city houses the headquarters of the Amudarya State Nature Reserve, including a museum.

Economy

The lifeline of the city remains the Seydi refinery, which was built during the late

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period to process oil, piped from

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; it remains one of Turkmenistan's only two oil refineries. Since the collapse of Soviet Union, the Seydi refinery has been reintegrated with the Kokdumalak, Yashyldepe, Yoloten, and Kerwen oil-fields. The unit processed about half a million tonnes of oil in 2020; among the products were gasoline, asphalt, and diesel.

References

Populated places in Lebap Region Districts of Turkmenistan {{Turkmenistan-geo-stub