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Gypjak
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Gypjak (also known as Kipchak) is a former village that was annexed into the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat in 2013. It is now a neighborhood in Bagtyýarlyk Borough of Ashgabat.
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- Locality
- Aşgabat
- Region
- Ashgabat
- Country
- Türkmenistan
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Gypjak
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Turkmenbashi Ruhy Mosque (5731109818).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Turkmenistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Turkmenistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ashgabat
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Borough
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bagtyýarlyk Borough of Ashgabat
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Overview
- See also
- References
Gypjak (also known as Kipchak) is a former village that was annexed into the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat in 2013. It is now a neighborhood in Bagtyýarlyk Borough of Ashgabat.
==Overview== The neighborhood is known as having been the home village of the first President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov. Niyazov, while president, built the Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque, often referred to as the Kipchak Mosque, and a tomb there for his family. Niyazov was buried in the tomb on December 24, 2006. The Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque lies across a highway from the rest of the neighborhood. It is the largest mosque in Central Asia, and has a capacity of 10,000 people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gypjak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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