Seýdi, formerly Neftezavodsk, is a city in
Dänew District
Dänew District (formerly Galkynyş District) is a district of Lebap Province in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northw ...
,
Lebap Province,
Turkmenistan.
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
city
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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 on the left bank of the
Amu Darya. The city houses the headquarters of the
Amudarya State Nature Reserve
Amyderýa Nature Reserve is a nature reserve (''zapovednik'') of north-eastern Turkmenistan.
Established in 1982 to protect part of the Amu Darya River, it is located in the north-east of Lebap Province
Lebap Region ( tk, Lebap welaýaty/Л ...
, including a museum.
Economy
The lifeline of the city remains the Seydi refinery, which was built during the late
Soviet period to process oil, piped from
Siberia; 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
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