Erbent (also known as Yerbent or Ýerbent) is a village in Ahal Province in central Turkmenistan.

[2] It is the largest settlement on the road between Ashgabat and Daşoguz, which are located near the southern and northern border of the country respectively.

[2] The village remains a popular destination aimed at providing tourists with an "authentic experience" of life in the Karakum Desert.

[2] A Soviet-era monument in the village center—featuring a Turkmen lady with a hung head—commemorates the death of 11 men who fell during the 1931 Basmachi Revolt in their quest of ensuring the "triumph of socialism, realization of dictatorship of the proletariat, and collectivization of agriculture.

Erbent receives 119 mm (4.7 in) of precipitation in total, spread out over an average of 42 days per year.