Bokurdak
Town in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
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Bokurdak is a town in Ak bugdaý District, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan.[1] It is often described as an "urban-type" village.[2] In 2022 it had a population of 7,726 people.[3]
Bokurdak
Bokurdak şäherçesi | |
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Town | |
  Bokurdak Location in Turkmenistan | |
| Coordinates: 38.7592°N 58.4968°E | |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Province | Ahal Province |
| District | Ak bugdaý |
| Population (2022 official census) | |
• Town | 16,110 |
| • Urban | 7,726 |
| • Rural | 8,384 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
History
The year of establishment of Bokurdak is not known, but it sure is an old settlement.[2]
The village was an important center of the Basmachi movement, a Muslim uprising in Central Asia against Soviet rule.[4][5]
Terrain
Bokurdak lies in Karakum Desert.[6] The sand dunes here can be up tp 50 meters high.[7] It is located about 100 kms north of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan.[1]
Demographics
Dependencies
Bokurdak as a town has twenty-four dependent rural villages:
Bokurdak, town:
- Bussy, village
- Çalyş, village
- Çürçüri, village
- Dawaly, village
- Düýeli, village
- Garaberdi, village
- Gargalaňdiňlisi, village
- Garryçyrla, village
- Garryja, village
- Gazykly, village
- Goşalar, village
- Gowşakgyzyltakyr, village
- Göbekli, village
- Gujurly, village
- Güneşli, village
- Gyzylsakal, village
- Hajyguly, village
- Kelleli, village
- Kerpiçli, village
- Mollagurban, village
- Oraz, village
- Oýukly, village
- Töwekgel, village
- Ýerbent, village