Balkanabat (Балканабат;

formerly Nebit Dag Neb itdağ, Небит-Даг) - a city in western Turkmenistan, loca ted in the desert at the foot of the mountains in the Great Bałc han the height of 17 m Is located about 600 km west of the capita l Ashgabat. Coordinates: 39 ° 31 N 54 ° 22 E / 39.517, 54.367. Population: 87.8 thousand. (1995). Balkanabat is the fifth largest population in the city of the country. Is the administrative center of Balkan wilajetu.