Bokurdak
Bokurdak
Bokurdak şäherçesi | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Bokurdak Location in Turkmenistan | |
| Coordinates: 38°45′33″N 58°29′48″E / 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 |
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]
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
The semi-nomadic locals here live in yurts and unfired brick houses with their livestock including camels. Derweze is about 50 kms from here, and group tours often stop in the village on the way.[4]
Opium-poppy fields have reportedly been found here and subsequently destroyed by authorities.[8]
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
References
- ^ a b Kerven, Dr Carol; Kerven, Carol (2005-08-18). Prospects for Pastoralism in Kazakstan and Turkmenistan: From State Farms to Private Flocks. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-78808-7.
- ^ a b "Scientists from China visited the Turkmen village of Bokurdak". Turkmen Portal.
- ^ "Türkmenistanyň Statistika baradaky döwlet komiteti". www.stat.gov.tm. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ^ a b Proudman, Simon (2017-05-13). Turkmenistan: Far Flung Places Travel Guide. Far Flung Places. ISBN 978-1-5466-7840-3.
- ^ Proudman, Simon (2019-05-01). Cannibals, Cults and Corpses: Tales from Exotic Places. Far Flung Places. ISBN 978-1-9777-5962-7.
- ^ Issanova, Gulnura; Abuduwaili, Jilili (2017-01-09). Aeolian Processes as Dust Storms in the Deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Springer. ISBN 978-981-10-3190-8.
- ^ Admin (2024-01-08). "Chinese scientists visited the Turkmen village of Bokurdak in Karakum". News Central Asia (nCa). Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Turkmen Prez Stunned At Opium Find". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2024-08-25.