Türkmenabat (formerly Chardjui, Чарджоу, Чәрҗев, Charjou, Chardzhou, Chardzhev, Chärjew or Charjew, 39°5′N 63°34′E) is a town in Turkmenistan, capital of the Lebap Province. As of 1999, it had a population of approximately 203,000 people. Lebap is one of the Welayatlar of Turkmenistan. ... Turkmenistan is divided into 5 provinces or welayatlar (singular - welayat): Ahal (capital Ashgabat) Balkan (capital Nebitdag) Dashhowuz (formerly Tashauz, capital Dashhowuz) Lebap (capital Turkmenabat, formerly known as Charjew) Mary (capital Mary). ...

Geography

Türkmenabat is located at latitude 39.1014 North; longitude 63.5750 East, at an altitude of 187 meters on the banks of the Amu-Dеrya River, near the border with Uzbekistan. Amu Darya Delta from space, November 1994 The Amu Darya (also Amudarya, Amudarya, in Persian آمودریا; Darya means River in Persian) is a river in Central Asia. ...

History

Although now a modern (i.e. post-Soviet) industrial city, Türkmenabat has a history of over 2000 years. The modern city was founded in 1886, during the construction of the Trans-Caspian railway. Its role of railway junction, and the high fertility of the Amu-Dеrya region, made it the major trade center for agricultural products in the northest region of the country. The city has food processing and textile (cotton and silk) factories. The Trans-Caspian railway (later called the Central Asiatic Railway) is a railway that follows the path of the Silk Road through much of western Central Asia. ... A myriad of tracks at Clapham Junction, in London, England A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a point at which a branch line or separate route diverges from the main line. ... Food processing is the methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans. ... It has been suggested that Textile manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... Picking cotton in Georgia Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fibre that can be woven into textiles. ...

Transportation

The city is connected with the Turkmen capital Ashgabat by Turkmenistan Airlines, and by train to Nukus, Urgench, Bukhara, and Tashkent (all in Uzbekistan). Ashgabat Ashgabat Ashgabat Ashgabat (Turkmenian language Aşgabat; also Ashkabat, Ashkhabad, Ashgabad, in Persian عشق آباد [eshq-âbâd], in Russian Ашхаба́д [Ashkhabád]) is the capital city of Turkmenistan, a former Soviet republic. ... Turkmenistan Airlines Ilyushin 76 Turkmenistan Airlines is the national airline of Turkmenistan. ... Nukus (Karakalpak: Nökis/Нөкис) is a city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic. ... Urgench (Uzbek: Urganch / Урганч) is city (1989 pop. ... Bukhara (Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); بُخارا /Bukhârâ/ in Persian, Buhe/Puhe Tang Chinese, Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is one of... Tashkent Tashkent (Toshkent or Тошкент in Uzbek, Ташкент in Russian; its name translates from the Turkoman language to Stone City in English) is the current capital of Uzbekistan. ...

Miscellaneous

Some 70 kilometers south of Türkmenabat is the Repetek Desert Reserve, famed for its zemzen, or "desert crocodiles".