Türkmenabat (Turkmen: Türkmenabat, Түркменабат), formerly and since medieval times Chardzhou, (Russian: Чарджоу, Chardzhou; Turkmen: Çärjew, Чәрҗев) (Persian: چهارجوی 'čahârjuy', meaning 'four brooks') and in ancient times Āmul, is the second-largest city in Turkmenistan and the capital of Lebap Province. As of 2009[update], it had a population of approximately 254,000 people (up from 161,000 in the 1989 census).[citation needed] From 1924 to 1927 it was briefly renamed Leninsk in honor of Vladimir Lenin. From Wikipedia
