Guvlymayak

Guvlymayak (Russian:Гувлымаяк, Turkmen:Guwlymaýak) is a town in Türkmenbaşy District, Balkan Province of Turkmenistan adjacent to the Caspian Sea. There is a lighthouse.

History
The settlement was founded c. 1931 by a group of Kazakhs, who fled their republic during the contemporaneous famine.

Economy
The local economy was originally dependent on salt which is mined from an adjacent lake. "Guwlyduz”, the salt-processing unit — formerly, the Kuuli-sol complex — is the oldest chemical plant in Turkmenistan; it remains the major supplier for not only edible salt but also industrial salt. Post upgradations in 2019, Guwlyduz had an annual production capacity of 40 kilotonnes of iodised salt. Today the town also serves as a bedroom community for the nearby polymer factory at Kiyanly (Turkmen:Gyýanly) and urea plant at Garabogaz.

In 2018, the Government floated a tender for construction of a "sturgeon farm" and a "fish processing facility."