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Gumdag
Sign in to saveGumdag, formerly known as Kum-Dag (in Russian: "Кум-Даг"), is a town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. It is located 43 km southeast of the city of Balkanabat. To the south-east of the town, lies the Boyadag Mud Volcano. In 2022, it had a population of 30,884 people.
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cached 1252h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Balkanabat şäheri
- Region
- Balkan welaýaty
- Country
- Türkmenistan
- Population
- 30,884
- Timezone
- Asia/Ashgabat
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Gumdag
- Settlement.other_name
- Gumdag şäherçesi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Turkmenistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Turkmenistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Balkan Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Balkanabat
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 official census
- Settlement.population_total
- 30,884
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Economy
- History
- Population
- References
Gumdag, formerly known as Kum-Dag (in Russian: "Кум-Даг"), is a town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. It is located 43 km southeast of the city of Balkanabat. To the south-east of the town, lies the Boyadag Mud Volcano. In 2022, it had a population of 30,884 people.
==Etymology== The name is derived from two words in Turkmen, gum ("sand") and dag ("mountain, hill"). Atanyyazow postulates that the name came from the sand hill 3 km to the west where the first oil well in the area was drilled.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gumdag” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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