Bereket

Bereket, formerly Gazandjyk or Kazandzhik (Russian: Казанджик or Газанджык), is a city in Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan. Bereket is the administrative centre of the Bereket District.

The city is located in an oasis in the foothills of the Kopetdag Mountains on the edge of the Karakum Desert.

Bereket is an important strategic railway intersection of the Trans-Caspian Railway (Caspian Sea-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan) and North-South Transnational Railway (Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Persian Gulf.

The city has a large locomotive repair depot and a modern railway station.

The city is located approximately 260 km (162 mi) west of the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat and 340 km (211 mi) east of the Caspian Sea port of Turkmenbashi. The largest cities nearby are Balkanabat 120 km (75 mi) to the west, and Serdar 90 km (56 mi) to the east.

The estimated population of the city is 23,200 as of 2013.

Etymology

The exact origin of the name is unknown. Gazanjyk is probably derived from a Turkic language word gazan or kazan (meaning a large cooking pot used throughout Central Asia, roughly equivalent to a cauldron, boiler) and -jyk a suffix to denote small in size. The name can be translated into English as small kazan or small cauldron. The present-day name of the city Bereket in the Turkmen language means abundance or prosperity. The word Bereket is borrowed from the Persian word Barakat (برکت) into Turkmen. Persian in turn has borrowed it from Arabic Barakah (برکة).

Bereket (disambiguation)

Bereket is a city in western Turkmenistan, formerly known as Kazandjik or Gazandjyk.

Bereket may refer to:

People

Places

Kazandjik or Gazandjyk may refer to:

Bereket (name)

Bereket is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: