Babadaýhan
Sign in to saveBabadaýhan, previously known as Kirovsk (in Russian: Кировск), is a city and capital of Babadaýhan District in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. Its name and the name of the surrounding district were changed on 26 June 1992 by Parliamentary Resolution No. 729-XII. In 2022, it had a population of 13,440 people.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Babadaýhan is referenced by 62 other articles, and connects out to Russian, Turkmenistan and Persian.
It sits within the topics Cities in Turkmenistan and Populated places in Ahal Region.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Babadaýhan
- Region
- Ahal welaýaty
- Country
- Türkmenistan
- Population
- 13,440
- Timezone
- Asia/Ashgabat
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Babadaýhan
- Settlement.other_name
- Babadaýhan şäheri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Turkmenistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Turkmenistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Turkmenistan
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ahal Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Babadaýhan District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 official census
- Settlement.population_total
- 13,440
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Named after
- Sergei Kirov
- Official name
- Кировск
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Located in
- Babadaýhan District
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Babadaýhan District
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- Babadaýhan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- References
Babadaýhan, previously known as Kirovsk (in Russian: Кировск), is a city and capital of Babadaýhan District in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. Its name and the name of the surrounding district were changed on 26 June 1992 by Parliamentary Resolution No. 729-XII. In 2022, it had a population of 13,440 people.
== Etymology == The name of the city is a compound of two Turkmen words: "Baba" and "Daýhan" (from Persian بابادهقان Bâbâdehqân/Bābā-Dihqān) which translates as "Grandfather" and "Peasant" respectively.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Babadaýhan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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