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Türkmenbaşy

Also known as Turkmenbashy, Krasnovodsk, Kyzyl-Su, Şagadam

city in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan

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Türkmenbaşy is a city located in the Balkan Province of Turkmenistan. It serves as an important urban center in the country's western region.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.

Within Vinony's link graph, Türkmenbaşy is referenced by 387 other articles, and connects out to Balkan Province, desert climate and Cities of Turkmenistan.

It is catalogued under topics including 1869 establishments in the Russian Empire, Cities in Turkmenistan and Populated coastal places in Turkmenistan.

Its subject is documented across 61 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality: Türkmenbaşy şäheri
Region: Balkan welaýaty
Country: Türkmenistan
Population: 91,745
Timezone: Asia/Ashgabat

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Туркмэнбашы
Population: 91745
Elevation: 27
Image: Hafenviertel Türkmenbaschy.jpg
Licence plate code: BN

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Commons category: Turkmenbashi
name in kana: トルクメンバシュ
inception: 1869-00-00
postal code: 745000
native label: Türkmenbaşy
P12749: Kirknewton

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Encyclopedic overview

Türkmenbaşy, previously known as Shagadam (Turkmen: Şagadam), Krasnovodsk (Russian: Красноводск) and Kyzyl-Su, is a major port city in Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan, on the Türkmenbaşy Gulf of the Caspian Sea. It sits at an elevation of 27 metres (89 feet). The population (est 2004) was 86,800, consisting of mostly ethnic Turkmens, with the addition of Russian, Armenian and Azeri minorities. As the terminus of the Trans-Caspian Railway and site of a major seaport on the Caspian, it is an important transportation center. The city is also the site of Turkmenistan's largest oil refining complex.

This city should not be confused with the similarly named town of Türkmenbaşy (Turkmen: Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi), formerly called Janga (Russian: Джанга, Cyrillic Turkmen: Җанга), also in Balkan Province, or the city of Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky in Daşoguz Province.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Türkmenbaşy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.