Andalyp (city)
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Andalyp (Arabic Alphabet: عاندالیٛپ), until 2004 called Ýylanly, and from 2004 to 2022 called Gurbansoltan Eje adyndaky, is a city and capital of Akdepe District in Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan.[1][2]
Etymology
On 9 November 2022 by parliamentary resolution the city was renamed in honor of the poet Nurmuhammet Andalyp (نورمحمد عندلیب).[2] Prior to that, on 6 September 2004 by Parliamentary Resolution 227-II the city was renamed in honor of the mother of President Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbansoltan Eje.[1] Originally it was named Ilyaly (CyrillicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ильялы, the meaning of which is obscure) but by no later than 1992 had been renamed Ýylanly, which in Turkmen means "with snakes".[3][4] Atanyyazow explains that this city, along with several other locations in Turkmenistan, received that name due to an abundance of snakes in the area.[5]
History
In the Soviet period Ýylanly was designated as an "urban-type settlement" (Template:Langx) and administrative center of Ýylanly District. In June 2016 by parliamentary decree Gurbansoltan eje adyndaky was upgraded to the status of "city in a district" (Template:Langx). The same decree subordinated the villages of Hazarasp, Garamergen, and Depmechi to the city.[6] By parliamentary decree of 9 November 2022, the city was made capital of Akdepe District.[2]
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, published between 1969 and 1986, noted that the city offered a cotton ginning plant as well as a folk theater.[3]
Population
| Year | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2010 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,308 | 8,922 | 12,206 | 16,936 | 27,455 | 36,594 |
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