Hazar, Turkmenistan

Hazar
Çeleken, چهارکن (?-1999)
Central square of Hazar, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan, with statue of Saparmurat Niyazov
Central square of Hazar, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan, with statue of Saparmurat Niyazov
Hazar is located in Turkmenistan
Hazar
Hazar
Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 39°24′46″N 53°7′41″E / 39.41278°N 53.12806°E / 39.41278; 53.12806
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceBalkan Province
CityBalkanabat
Population
 (1989 census)[1]
 • Total28,100

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]

  1. ^ Population census 1989, Demoscope Weekly, No. 359-360, 1–18 January 2009 (search for Туркменская ССР) (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Түркменистлның Халк Маслахлтының Чөзгүди, Балкан велаятының Челекен шәхериниң адыны үйггетмек хакында ХМ — 64" (PDF) (in Turkmen). Government of Turkmenistan. 29 December 1999. p. 33.
  3. ^ "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.