Guvlymayak (Russian:Гувлымаяк, Turkmen:Guwlymaýak) is a town in Türkmenbaşy District, Balkan Province of Turkmenistan adjacent to the Caspian Sea.[1] There is a lighthouse.[1]
History edit
The settlement was founded c. 1931 by a group of Kazakhs, who fled their republic during the contemporaneous famine.
Economy edit
The local economy was originally dependent on salt which is mined from an adjacent lake.[1] "Guwlyduz”, the salt-processing unit — formerly, the Kuuli-sol complex — is the oldest chemical plant in Turkmenistan; it remains the major supplier for not only edible salt but also industrial salt.[2] Post upgradations in 2019, Guwlyduz had an annual production capacity of 40 kilotonnes of iodised salt.[2] Today the town also serves as a bedroom community for the nearby polymer factory at Kiyanly (Turkmen:Gyýanly) and urea plant at Garabogaz.[3]
In 2018, the Government floated a tender for construction of a "sturgeon farm" and a "fish processing facility."[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c Brummell, Paul (2005). Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9.
- ^ a b Socio-economic situation and prospects for the development of cities and villages of Turkmenistan on the territory of the Balkan velayat (PDF). Democratic Civil Union of Turkmenistan. 2020. pp. 12–13.
- ^ В прикаспийском городе Гувлымаяк построят дома для работников заводов «Туркменхимии» [In Caspian seacoast town of Guwlymayak housing will be built for workers of Turkmenhimiya factories] (in Russian), Chronicles of Turkmenistan, 1 September 2023
- ^ "Turkmen President orders building new fishing facilities". Chronicles of Turkmenistan. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
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40°14′48″N 52°44′16″E / 40.24667°N 52.73778°E
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