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Ýolöten
Sign in to saveÝolöten () is the capital city of Ýolöten District, Mary Province, Turkmenistan. The city is located in the delta of the Murghab River, southeast of Mary. It was granted the status of a city in 1939. In 2022, it had a population of 30,709 people.
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It sits within the topics Cities in Turkmenistan and Populated places in Mary Region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ýolöten
- Region
- Mary welaýaty
- Country
- Türkmenistan
- Population
- 37,705
- Timezone
- Asia/Ashgabat
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ýolöten
- Settlement.other_name
- Ýolöten şäheri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- 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_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mary Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ýolöten District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_total
- 30,709
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 official census
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Mary District
- Population
- 30709
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Ýolöten District
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- postal code
- 746420
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Transportation
- Population
- Economy
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Ýolöten () is the capital city of Ýolöten District, Mary Province, Turkmenistan. The city is located in the delta of the Murghab River, southeast of Mary. It was granted the status of a city in 1939. In 2022, it had a population of 30,709 people.
==Etymology== Atanyýazow attributes the name to the settlement's location on the Silk Road between ancient Merv and Herat. The words ýol and öten mean "road" and "past" in Turkmen, respectively, i.e., "a place to cross".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ýolöten” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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