Hazar
Çeleken, چهارکن (?-1999) | |
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 Central square of Hazar, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan, with statue of Saparmurat Niyazov | |
  Hazar Location in Turkmenistan | |
| Coordinates: 39°24′46″N 53°7′41″E / 39.41278°N 53.12806°E | |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Province | Balkan Province |
| City | Balkanabat |
| Population (1989 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 28,100 |
Hazar (until 1999 known as Çeleken, also written Cheleken; Russian: Челекен; Persian: Chaharken چهارکن) is a seaport town located on the Cheleken Peninsula of the Caspian Sea.[2] It is directly subordinate to the city of Balkanabat in Balkan Province of western Turkmenistan. In November 2022, it was downgraded from city-with-district-status to a town, and alongside Gumdag, it became subordinate to City of Balkanabat.[3]
- ^ Population census 1989, Demoscope Weekly, No. 359-360, 1–18 January 2009 (search for Туркменская ССР) (in Russian)
- ^ "Түркменистлның Халк Маслахлтының Чөзгүди, Балкан велаятының Челекен шәхериниң адыны үйггетмек хакында ХМ — 64" (PDF) (in Turkmen). Government of Turkmenistan. 29 December 1999. p. 33.
- ^ "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.