Garabekewül

Garabekewül is a city in Saýat District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.

[1] The terms Gara ("black") and Bekewül refer to two of the clans that make up the Ersari tribe, and Atanyyazow asserts that this is the origin of the toponym.

The town is famed as the birthplace of Seyitnazar Seydi, a classical poet as well as the military commander of Soltaniyaz Beg, who had unsuccessfully rebelled against the Bukhara Emirate.

[3] The ruins of Beg's fortress is located a short distance, north of the town.

[3] Garabekewül was designated a "town of urban type" as of 1940.