Turkmenbashy

Turkmenbashy, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan Türkmenbaşy

latitude: 39.9679, longitude: 53.0063

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Turkmenbashy is a city in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan at latitude 39°58′04.44″ North, longitude 53°00′22.68″ East.

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Notes on the city of Turkmenbashy

Turkmenbashy features a major seaport on the Caspian Sea, a resort zone, and an international airport. It is in Balkan Province (Balkan Welaýat), Turkmenistan.

Name

Previously known as Krasnovodsk and Kyzyl Suw ("red water"), it was renamed in honor of the first president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurad Niyazov, who styled himself Türkmenbaşy (Turkmen for "head Turkmen").

The name in Turkmen is spelled Türkmenbaşy. Using U.S. Board of Geographic Names standard transliteration, this is rendered in the Latin alphabet minus diacritical marks as "Turkmenbashy". This is the preferred spelling of the city's name when using the standard Latin alphabet.

The name in Russian is spelled Туркменбаши. This can create confusion if the Russian version of the name is transliterated into English using standard U.S. Board of Geographic Names transliteration, since the Russian letter и is transliterated into Latin as i, yielding the incorrect spelling "Turkmenbashi". Since the official language of Turkmenistan is Turkmen, transliteration from the original Turkmen is authoritative.

Please see Turkmenistan: General Naming Conventions

Boroughs of Turkmenbashy

As of January 5, 2018, Turkmenbashy includes two boroughs (uly etraplar): Awaza etraby and Türkmenbaşy etraby. The only other city in Turkmenistan with boroughs is the capital, Ashgabat. The Awaza borough (etrap) consists of the Awaza resort zone and two microdistricts (kiçi etrapçalar), numbered I and II, wherein are located municipal government structures, including the borough mayor's office. The resort zone itself consists wholly of tourist facilities.

The Türkmenbaşy borough now includes the former village of Kenar to the east of downtown Turkmenbashy as well as the whole of Turkmenbashy city excluding Awaza.

See Also

• Ashgabat
• Balkanabat
• Dashoguz
• Mary (Turkmenistan)
• Turkmenbashy
  • Awaza and Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan Ilya Varlamov
  • Turkmenbashy International Seaport official website
  • Туркменбашы (RU:Wikipedia)
  • Туркменбаши, Туркменистан Ilya Varlamov
• Turkmenistan

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• The boundaries of the two boroughs (Awaza etraby and Türkmenbaşy etraby) need to be drawn. Границы крупных районов города (Awaza etraby и Türkmenbaşy etraby) еще надо нарисовать.