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), near Mang‘it. Until December 1938 the city was named Täzä-Kala ( tk, new fortress). From 1938 until 1949 it was called Town Named for Thälmann (russian: посёлок имени Тельмана), a russification of the last name of

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(1886-1944), a German Communist involved in the international communist movement. In 1949 this was abbreviated to Telmansk (russian: Тельманск). The name was changed to Gubadag in 1993 by Presidential Decree No. 1327.

Etymology

Frank's and Touch-Werner's dictionary defines ''guba'' as "reddish-brown" and ''dag'' as "mountain". Atanyyazow asserts the name derives from the reddish-brown hills in the vicinity.

References

Populated places in Daşoguz Region {{Cities of Turkmenistan