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Gypjak
Village in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1][2][3]
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The neighborhood is known as having been the home village of the first President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov.[4] 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,[4] and has a capacity of 10,000 people.[5]
The neighborhood has one centrally located public school, and several small convenience shops (Turkmen: dükanlar). There are a post office and an auto parts store near the main road.
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