Jebel, Turkmenistan

Town in Balkanabat, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan

Town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan

Jebel

Җебел
Russian Джебел (Dzhebel)

Town

Jebel

Location in Turkmenistan

Coordinates: 39°37′51″N 54°14′14″E﻿ / ﻿39.63083°N 54.23722°E﻿ / 39.63083; 54.23722
Country|  Turkmenistan
Province| Balkan Province
City| City of Balkanabat
Time zone| UTC+5

Jebel (Russian: Джебел, romanized Russian: Dzhebel, Cyrillic Turkmen: Җебел) is a town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan, that is subordinate to the city of Balkanabat.[1] It is the nearest municipality to the Mollagara Sanitorium, which is four kilometers distant.[2][3]

## Etymology

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Jebel means "mountain" in Arabic, and refers in this case to a nearby peak in the Balkhan Range.[4]

## Economy

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Jebel serves as a support and logistics center for oil extraction operations in Balkan Province, particularly on the Cheleken Peninsula. It is also a center for mining and milling of table salt. In 2008 a kaolin plant was opened in Jebel.[5] In 2011 Turkish Polimeks built Turkmenistan's largest cement plant in Jebel, capable of producing one million tons of cement per year.[6][7] In 2014 a plant was opened for packaging medicinal mud and sea salt.[8]

## Archeological site

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Four kilometers east of the Jebel train station in the Greater Balkhan range is the Jebel cave, in which A.P. Okladnikov found in 1949-1950 a multilayer archeological site dating from the Mesolithic through the Neolithic and Early Bronze ages.[9]

## Transportation

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The Balkanabat International Airport is located a few kilometers away from Jebel. [10][11] The airport accepts domestic and international flights.[12][13]

Jebel is located at the junction of the M37 highway and the P-17 highway, which leads to the Cheleken Peninsula.[14]

The rail line between Türkmenbaşy and Ashgabat passes through Jebel, which has its own rail station.

## Population

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1959[15] | 1970[16] | 1979[17] | 1989[18]

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4389 | 6353 | 7978 | 7697

## References

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1. ^ "Türkmenistanyň Mejlisiniň 2010-njy ýylyň 10-njy maýynda kabul eden № 112-1V kararyna GOŞUNDY Türkmenistanyň dolandyryş çäk birlikleriniň SANAWY" (PDF) (in Turkmen). Parliament of Turkmenistan. p. 82.
2. ^ "Объявлен тендер на строительство аэропорта недалеко от курорта «Моллакара»" (in Russian). Chronicles of Turkmenistan. 14 December 2021.
3. ^ Обновлена инфраструктура бальнеотерапевтического курорта «Моллакара»
4. ^ Ataniyazov, Soltansha (1970). Түркменистаның Топонимик Сѳзлүги (in Turkmen). Ylym. p. 131.
5. ^ В посёлке Джебел на западе Туркменистана открыт каолиновый завод
6. ^ "Jebel Cement Factory". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
7. ^ На западе Туркменистана построен крупнейший в стране цементный завод
8. ^ Президент Туркменистана принял участие в открытии ряда объектов на западе страны
9. ^ Окладников А. П. Пещера Джебел — памятник древней культуры прикаспийских племен Туркмении, Тр. ЮТАКЭ, т. 7, Аш., 1956.
10. ^ Turkmenistan Inaugurates New Balkanabat International Airport
11. ^ "ADFD allocates $99.91m for projects in Turkmenistan". TradeArabia. 10 June 2021.
12. ^ Belavia будет выполнять полеты в Балканабат
13. ^ "TURKMENISTAN AIRLINES Timetable". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
14. ^ "Way: Jebel (406443351)". 12 May 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
15. ^ Перепись-1959
16. ^ Перепись-1970
17. ^ Перепись-1979
18. ^ Перепись-1989