Gyzylarbat

Gyzylarbat
Kyzyl-Arvat (1881-1992) Кызыл-Арват (in Russian)
Gyzylarbat (1992-1999)
Serdar 1999-2022
Gyzylarbat
Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 38°59′N 56°17′E / 38.983°N 56.283°E / 38.983; 56.283
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceBalkan Province
DistrictGyzylarbat District
Population
 (2020)
  Total
89,582
Area code+993 246

Serdar (also known as Gyzylarbat and formerly Kyzyl-Arvat or Gyzylarbat and Farāva) is a city subordinate to a district in Turkmenistan, located north-west of the capital, Ashgabat on the M37 highway to the Caspian Sea. The population of Gyzylarbat is 50,000 people, mainly Turkmen. The main language spoken in the region is Turkmen. It is near the northwest end of the line of oases on the north slope of the Kopet Dag that extends southeast to Ashgabat.