Garabekewül is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ...

Saýat District Saýat District is a district of Lebap Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Saýat. Found in January 1925 with the same name in Lenin Province (today Lebap), it became directly subordinate to the ...

Lebap Province Lebap Region ( tk, Lebap welaýaty/Лебап велаяты from the 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. Its capital i ...

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 s ...

Etymology

The terms ''Gara'' ("black") and ''Bekewül'' refer to two of the clans that make up the

Ersari Ersari ( tk, Ärsary, where ''Er'' - brave man, master; ''sari'' - light, bright, yellow) are one of the major tribes of the Turkmen people of Central Asia and one of the five major tribes of the country of Turkmenistan. They live mainly in Tur ...

tribe, and Atanyyazow asserts that this is the origin of the toponym.

Transportation

The city is located near 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 ...

close to an eponymous rail station on the

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 ...

Kerki Kerki is a city in and capital of Kerki District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan. It was formerly known as Zamm and, between 1999 and 2017, as Atamyrat. Geography It is situated on a plain on the left bank of the Amu Darya river. Nearby to ...

rail line.

History

The town is famed as the birthplace of Seyitnazar Seydi, a classical poet as well as the military commander of Soltaniyaz Beg, who had unsuccessfully rebelled against the

Bukhara Emirate The Emirate of Bukhara ( fa, , Amārat-e Bokhārā, chg, , Bukhārā Amirligi) was a Muslim polity in Central Asia that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It occupied the lan ...

. The ruins of Beg's fortress is located a short distance, north of the town.

Administration

Garabekewül was designated a "town of urban type" as of 1940. Until 5 May 1993 it was called Karabekaul (russian: Карабекаул). It was upgraded to

status in July 2016. The city served as the administrative center of Garabekewül District until that district was abolished on 25 November 2017 by parliamentary decree. It was assigned to

Halaç District Halaç District ( tk, Halaç etraby) is a district of Lebap Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Halaç. History Initially founded in 1925 with the same name, it is part of Kerkin Region of the Turkm ...

until November 2022, when it was transferred to Saýat District.

Population

References

External links

Photographs of the ruins (mud-brick walls) of Beg's fortress
Populated places in Lebap Region {{Turkmenistan-geo-stub