Guvlymayak

{{Short description|Settlement in the Balkan Region of Turkmenistan}}

Guvlymayak (Russian:{{Lang|ru|Гувлымаяк}}, Turkmen:Guwlymaýak) is a town in Türkmenbaşy District, Balkan Province of Turkmenistan adjacent to the Caspian Sea.{{Cite book |last=Brummell |first=Paul |title=Turkmenistan |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-84162-144-9 |pages=145 |language=en |author-link=Paul Brummell}} There is a lighthouse.

History

The settlement was founded c. 1931 by a group of Kazakhs, who fled their republic during the contemporaneous famine.

Economy

The local economy was originally dependent on salt which is mined from an adjacent lake. "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.{{Cite book |url=https://www.dcutm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Socio-economic-situation-and-prospects-for-the-development-of-cities-and-villages-of-Turkmenistan.pdf |title=Socio-economic situation and prospects for the development of cities and villages of Turkmenistan on the territory of the Balkan velayat |publisher=Democratic Civil Union of Turkmenistan |year=2020 |pages=12-13 |language=en}} Post upgradations in 2019, Guwlyduz had an annual production capacity of 40 kilotonnes of iodised salt. Today the town also serves as a bedroom community for the nearby polymer factory at Kiyanly (Turkmen:Gyýanly) and urea plant at Garabogaz.{{citation | url= https://www.hronikatm.com/2023/09/guwlymayak-houses/ |title= В прикаспийском городе Гувлымаяк построят дома для работников заводов «Туркменхимии» | date= 1 September 2023 | language=ru | trans-title=In Caspian seacoast town of Guwlymayak housing will be built for workers of Turkmenhimiya factories |publisher=Chronicles of Turkmenistan}}

In 2018, the Government floated a tender for construction of a "sturgeon farm" and a "fish processing facility."{{Cite web |date=31 March 2018 |title=Turkmen President orders building new fishing facilities |url=https://en.hronikatm.com/2018/03/turkmen-president-orders-building-new-fishing-facilities/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Chronicles of Turkmenistan |language=en}}

References

External links

[https://ne-np.facebook.com/allaberdiyev.photography/posts/lighthouse-on-the-shore-of-caspian-sea-guwlymayak-2021balkan-turkmenbashi-krasno/4576128299169398/ Photograph of the lighthouse in night]

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Category:Populated places in Balkan Region