Hazar
Hazar, known as Çeleken until 1999 is a seaport town in Turkmenistan located on the Cheleken Peninsula of the Caspian Sea. In November 2022, it was downgraded from city-with-district-status to a town and, along with Gumdag, became subordinate to the city of Balkanabat.
- Type: Town with 14,700 residents
- Description: town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan
- Also known as: “Čeleken”, “Chaharken”, “Hazar, Turkmenistan”, “Tschaleken”, “Tšeleken”, and “Челекен”
- Historically known as: “Çeleken” and “Cheleken”
- Address: Balkanabat şäheri, Balkan welaýaty
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garagöl.
Garagöl
Village
Garagöl is a coastal village in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. Garagöl is situated 4½ km southeast of Hazar.
Hazar
- Categories: city of Turkmenistan, town of Turkmenistan, and locality
- Location: Balkan Province, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.4036° or 39° 24′ 13″ north
Longitude
53.126° or 53° 7′ 34″ east
Population
14,700
Elevation
-20 metres (-66 feet)
UN/LOCODE
TM CHE
Open location code
8HFMC43G+C9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Hazar” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Xəzər”
- Chinese: “哈扎尔”
- Chinese: “哈扎爾”
- Chuvash: “Хазар (Туркменистан)”
- Chuvash: “Хазар”
- Dutch: “Hazar”
- Estonian: “Hazar”
- Finnish: “Hazar”
- French: “Hazar”
- German: “Hazar”
- Lithuanian: “Hazaras”
- Mongolian: “Хазар”
- Persian: “خزر، ترکمنستان”
- Persian: “خزر”
- Polish: “Hazar”
- Romanian: “Hazar, Turkmenistan”
- Russian: “Хазар”
- South Azerbaijani: “خزر، تورکمنیستان”
- South Azerbaijani: “هازار، روسیه”
- Spanish: “Hazar”
- Tajik: “Хазар (Туркманистон)”
- Tajik: “Хазар”
- Tatar: “Хәзәр”
- Turkmen: “Hazar”
- Ukrainian: “Хазар”
- Upper Sorbian: “Hazar”
- Urdu: “خزر، ترکمانستان”
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