Bereket
Introduction


**Bereket**, formerly **Gazanjyk** or *Kazandzhik* ( or  gɑˈzɑnd͡ʒik), is a [city](/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Turkmenistan "List of cities in Turkmenistan") in [Balkan Province](/wiki/Balkan_Province "Balkan Province") in western [Turkmenistan](/wiki/Turkmenistan "Turkmenistan"). Bereket is the administrative centre of [Bereket District](/wiki/Bereket_District "Bereket District").

Bereket is located in an oasis in the foothills of the [Kopetdag Mountains](/wiki/Kopet_Dag "Kopet Dag") and on the edge of the [Karakum Desert](/wiki/Karakum_Desert "Karakum Desert").

Bereket is a strategic [junction](/wiki/Bereket_railway_station_%28Turkmenistan%29 "Bereket railway station (Turkmenistan)") of the [Trans\-Caspian Railway](/wiki/Trans-Caspian_Railway "Trans-Caspian Railway") ([Caspian Sea](/wiki/Caspian_Sea "Caspian Sea")\-[Turkmenistan](/wiki/Turkmenistan "Turkmenistan")\-[Uzbekistan](/wiki/Uzbekistan "Uzbekistan")\-[Kazakhstan](/wiki/Kazakhstan "Kazakhstan")) and [North\-South Transnational Railway](/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_Transport_Corridor "North–South Transport Corridor") ([Russia](/wiki/Russia "Russia")\-Kazakhstan\-Turkmenistan\-[Iran](/wiki/Iran "Iran")\-[Persian Gulf](/wiki/Persian_Gulf "Persian Gulf").

The city has a large locomotive repair depot and a modern railway station.

The city is located approximately  west of the Turkmen capital of [Ashgabat](/wiki/Ashgabat "Ashgabat") and  east of the [Caspian Sea](/wiki/Caspian_Sea "Caspian Sea") port of [Turkmenbashy](/wiki/T%C3%BCrkmenba%C5%9Fy%2C_Turkmenistan "Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan"). The largest cities nearby are [Balkanabat](/wiki/Balkanabat "Balkanabat")  to the west, and [Serdar](/wiki/Serdar_%28city%29 "Serdar (city)")  to the east.

The estimated population of the city is 24,500 as of March 2015\.


What kind of economic activities take place in the city due to its location?