Jebel, Turkmenistan

Jebel Jebel şäherçesi
Town
Jebel Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 39°37′51″N54°14′14″E / 39.63083°N 54.23722°E / 39.63083; 54.23722
Country	Turkmenistan
Province	Balkan Province
District	Balkanabat
Population  (2022 official census)
• Town	15,816
•  Urban	15,056
•  Rural	760
Time zone	UTC+5

Jebel is a town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. It is subordinate to the city of Balkanabat ^[1] and the nearest municipality to the Mollagara Sanitorium, which is four kilometers distant. ^{[2] [3]} As of 2022, Jebel reached a population of 15,056 people ^[4] .

Etymology

Jebel means "mountain" in Arabic, and refers in this case to a nearby peak in the Balkhan Range. ^[5]

Economy

Jebel serves as a support and logistics center for oil extraction operations in Balkan Province, particularly on the Cheleken Peninsula. It is also a center for mining and milling of table salt. In 2008 a kaolin plant was opened in Jebel. ^[6] In 2011 Turkish Polimeks built Turkmenistan's largest cement plant in Jebel, capable of producing one million tons of cement per year. ^{[7] [8]} In 2014 a plant was opened for packaging medicinal mud and sea salt. ^[9]

Archeological site

Four kilometers east of the Jebel train station in the Greater Balkhan range is the Jebel cave, in which A.P. Okladnikov found in 1949-1950 a multilayer archeological site dating from the Mesolithic through the Neolithic and Early Bronze ages. ^[10]

Transportation

The Balkanabat International Airport is located a few kilometers away from Jebel. ^{[11] [12]} The airport accepts domestic and international flights. ^{[13] [14]}

Jebel is located at the junction of the M37 highway and the P-17 highway, which leads to the Cheleken Peninsula. ^[15]

The rail line between Türkmenbaşy and Ashgabat passes through Jebel, which has its own rail station.

Population

1959 [16]	1970 [17]	1979 [18]	1989 [19]	2022 [4]
4389	6353	7978	7697	15056

Dependencies

Jebel as a town has 3 dependent rural village:

Jebel, town:

• 123-nji duralga, village
• Mollagara, village
• Zähmet, village

References

1. "Türkmenistanyň Mejlisiniň 2010-njy ýylyň 10-njy maýynda kabul eden № 112-1V kararyna GOŞUNDY Türkmenistanyň dolandyryş çäk birlikleriniň SANAWY" (PDF) (in Turkmen). Parliament of Turkmenistan. p. 82.
2. "Объявлен тендер на строительство аэропорта недалеко от курорта «Моллакара»" (in Russian). Chronicles of Turkmenistan. 14 December 2021.
3. Обновлена инфраструктура бальнеотерапевтического курорта «Моллакара»
4. "Türkmenistanyň Statistika baradaky döwlet komiteti". www.stat.gov.tm. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
5. Ataniyazov, Soltansha (1970). Түркменистаның Топонимик Сѳзлүги (in Turkmen). Ylym. p. 131.
6. В посёлке Джебел на западе Туркменистана открыт каолиновый завод
7. "Jebel Cement Factory" . Retrieved 6 April 2021.
8. На западе Туркменистана построен крупнейший в стране цементный завод
9. Президент Туркменистана принял участие в открытии ряда объектов на западе страны
10. Окладников А. П. Пещера Джебел — памятник древней культуры прикаспийских племен Туркмении, Тр. ЮТАКЭ, т. 7, Аш., 1956.
11. Turkmenistan Inaugurates New Balkanabat International Airport
12. "ADFD allocates $99.91m for projects in Turkmenistan". TradeArabia. 10 June 2021.
13. Belavia будет выполнять полеты в Балканабат
14. "TURKMENISTAN AIRLINES Timetable" . Retrieved 6 April 2021.
15. "Way: Jebel (406443351)". 12 May 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
16. Перепись-1959
17. Перепись-1970
18. Перепись-1979
19. Перепись-1989