Gypjak

Gypjak is a former village that was annexed into the capital of in 2013. It is now a neighborhood in Bagtyýarlyk Borough of Ashgabat.
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  • Type: Farm
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: Gepchak”, “Kipchak”, “Kipchakh”, and “Kolkhoz Imeni Lenina

Places of Interest

Highlights include Turkmenbashy Mosque.

Mosque
Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque, or Gypjak Mosque, is a mosque in Gypjak, Turkmenistan and the resting place for Saparmurat Niyazov, the leader of Turkmenistan from 1985 to 2006.

Gypjak

Latitude
38.02201° or 38° 1′ 19″ north
Longitude
58.26147° or 58° 15′ 41″ east
Population
12,000
Elevation
230 metres (755 feet)
Open location code
8HCW27C6+RH
Geo­Names ID
161960
Wiki­data ID
Q60654
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Gypjak” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Կիպչակ
  • Azerbaijani: Qıpçaq
  • Belarusian: Кіпчак
  • Bulgarian: Кипчак
  • Catalan: Gypjak
  • Chinese: 吉普恰克
  • Czech: Kipčak
  • Danish: Gypjak
  • Dutch: Gypjak
  • French: Gypjak
  • German: Gypjak
  • Hebrew: גיפג’ק
  • Irish: Gypjak
  • Japanese: キプチャク
  • Macedo-Romanian: Gypjak
  • Occitan (post 1500): Gypjak
  • Persian: قپچاق، ترکمنستان
  • Portuguese: Gypjak
  • Portuguese: Kipchak
  • Romanian: Gypjak
  • Russian: Кипчак
  • Russian: Колхоз Имени Ленина
  • Scots: Gypjak
  • Tatar: Кыпчак
  • Thai: กึปจัก
  • Turkish: Kıpçak
  • Turkmen: Gypjak
  • Ukrainian: Гипджак
  • Ukrainian: Кипчак(селище)
  • Urdu: قپچاق
  • Vietnamese: Gypjak

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gypjak”. Photo: Tormod Sandtorv, CC BY 2.0.