Ýolöten
Cyrillic Turkmen Ёлөтен
Ýolöten is located in Turkmenistan
Ýolöten
Ýolöten
Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 37°18′N 62°21′E / 37.300°N 62.350°E / 37.300; 62.350
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceMary Province
DistrictÝolöten District
Population
 (2009)
 • Total37,705
Time zoneUTC+5

Ýolöten (Russian: Ёлoтен, Turkmen: یوْل‌اؤتن Ёлөтен) is a city and capital of Ýolöten District, Mary Province, Turkmenistan. The city is located in the delta of the Murghab River, 55 kilometers southeast of Mary. It was granted the status of a city in 1939.

Etymology

Atanyyazow attributes the name to the settlement's location on the Silk Road between ancient Merv and Herat. The words ýol and öten mean "road" and "past" in Turkmen, respectively, i.e., "a place to cross".[1][2]

Transportation

Ýolöten lies on the Mary-Serhetabat railway line, and at the junction of the A-388 highway connecting Mary and Serhetabat and the P-25 highway connecting Ýolöten to Baýramaly.

Population

In 1989 the city had a population of 18,644, with a total of some 35,000 in the city plus the surrounding district.[3] The 2009 estimate is 37,705.

Economy

Ýolöten is the nearest city to the Galkynysh Gas Field, formerly known as the Iolotan or South Yolotan–Osman field, the second-largest gas field in the world, and support of natural gas operations is a major part of the city's economy. It is also a center for agricultural product processing, due to its location in the Murghab River oasis.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Frank, Allen J.; Touch-Werner, Jeren (October 20, 1999). Turkmen-English Dictionary (in English and Turkmen). Kensington, Maryland: Dunwoody Press. ISBN 978-1881265290.
  2. ↑ Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. pp. 159–160.
  3. ↑ Bowman, Harry (2008-05-18). "Harry's World Atlas: Turkmenistan (TM) Mary Province". Harry's World Atlas. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
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