Bäherden

Bäherden Baharly 2003-2018
Bäherden Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 38°25′49″N 57°26′13″E
Country	Turkmenistan
Province	Ahal Province
District	Bäherden District
Government
• Häkim	Dörtguly Hojaýew [1]
Population  ((2008))[2]
• Total	24,139

Bäherden,[3] formerly Baharly (2003-2018), is a city and the seat of Baherden District, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. It lies on the northern rim of the Kopet Dag mountain range, south-east of the resort village of Archman.

Etymology

According to Atanyyazow, some archaeologists have related it to a village called Abhadaran, located 3 to 4 kilometers northeast of Bäherden, but local greybeards interpret it as deriving from Bahrizen ("the lake of your wife") and Maharram (the name of the queen of a one-time chief of Durun).[4]

Baharly means "springlike" in Turkmen. According to former President Niyazov, Turkmens, during the times of Oghuz Khagan, spent springtime in the area.[5]

History

The settlement was conquered and incorporated into Russia in 1881 following the Battle of Gökdepe. At the end of the 19th century, it housed 789 people and was a stop along the Trans-Caspian Railway. Bäherden was administrative center of the Bäherden district of the Turkmen SSR. On February 3, 2008, it received the status of a city.^[citation needed]

Climate data for Bäherden (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	24.7 (76.5)	29.6 (85.3)	36.1 (97.0)	39.4 (102.9)	43.6 (110.5)	45.1 (113.2)	46.8 (116.2)	45.2 (113.4)	43.4 (110.1)	39.8 (103.6)	33.7 (92.7)	27.8 (82.0)	46.8 (116.2)
Mean maximum °C (°F)	19.1 (66.4)	22.9 (73.2)	27.8 (82.0)	33.9 (93.0)	38.0 (100.4)	41.5 (106.7)	42.7 (108.9)	42.0 (107.6)	38.2 (100.8)	33.8 (92.8)	25.2 (77.4)	21.3 (70.3)	32.2 (90.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.7 (38.7)	5.5 (41.9)	11.2 (52.2)	17.7 (63.9)	24.5 (76.1)	30.0 (86.0)	32.3 (90.1)	30.7 (87.3)	24.8 (76.6)	17.3 (63.1)	9.6 (49.3)	4.7 (40.5)	17.7 (63.9)
Mean minimum °C (°F)	−6.4 (20.5)	−5.4 (22.3)	−0.3 (31.5)	5.2 (41.4)	12.4 (54.3)	17.8 (64.0)	21.1 (70.0)	18.6 (65.5)	12.2 (54.0)	4.1 (39.4)	−2.3 (27.9)	−5.2 (22.6)	6.0 (42.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−18.4 (−1.1)	−18.5 (−1.3)	−6.3 (20.7)	−0.5 (31.1)	4.6 (40.3)	11.9 (53.4)	16.7 (62.1)	12.2 (54.0)	7.6 (45.7)	−1.8 (28.8)	−11.3 (11.7)	−12.1 (10.2)	−18.5 (−1.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	16.5 (0.65)	24.4 (0.96)	31.1 (1.22)	27.6 (1.09)	19.4 (0.76)	4.9 (0.19)	3.4 (0.13)	2.0 (0.08)	4.4 (0.17)	11.7 (0.46)	17.9 (0.70)	16.2 (0.64)	179.5 (7.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	12.4	16.4	15.9	13.8	9.7	4.0	1.9	1.6	3.2	7.1	11.7	11.4	109.0
Source: NOAA[6]

Industry

The Bäherden Cement Plant, put into operation in 2005, has a design capacity of one million tons of cement per year.[7]

People

• Shamuhammet Durdylyyev
• Nury Halmammedov
• Yaylym Berdiyev

References

1. "Бердымухамедов сменил руководителей некоторых этрапов и городов Туркменистана | Политика".
2. Population census 1989 Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine, Demoscope Weekly, No. 359-360, 1-18 January 2009 (search for Туркменская ССР) (in Russian)
3. turkmenportal. "Парламент Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление Ахалского велаята | Политика". Туркменистан, интернет портал о культурной, деловой и развлекательной жизни в Туркменистане (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
4. Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. p. 73.
5. Brummell, Paul (2005). Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9.
6. "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
7. "Бахарденский цементный завод увеличил темп роста производства на 100,44%" (in Russian). Turkmenportal. 21 August 2020.