Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi is a town and the administrative center of

Türkmenbaşy District Türkmenbaşy District (Turkmen: Türkmenbaşy etraby) is a district in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi. Its name is derived from the title "Türkmenbaşy" (he ...

Balkan Province Balkan Region ( tk, Balkan welaýaty, Балкан велаяты) is the westernmost of the five regions of Turkmenistan. Clockwise from north it borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (north); two provinces of Turkmenistan (east), Iran (south), and ...

, Turkmenistan. It is east of the city of

Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan Türkmenbaşy ( Turkmen Cyrillic: Түркменбашы, Turkmen Arabic; توركمنباشی, also spelled Turkmenbashi, a back-formation of the Cyrillic Түркменбаши), formerly known as Krasnovodsk (russian: Красноводск), ...

, with which it should not be confused. Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi was previously called Janga.

Etymology

Atanyyazow notes that Janga ( tk, Jaňňa) is a Kazakh variant of the name of a local well called Ýanyja. The name was changed in 1993 to honor then-President Saparmyrat Niyazov.

History

Known then as Janga (), the settlement was granted status of a "town of urban type" in 1940, and was renamed Town of Turkmenbashy in 1993. The town is primarily noted as the site of Janga Naval Base, the home port of the Turkmen Navy. This citation is taken from the

Turkmen Naval Forces The Turkmen Naval Forces ( Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Harby-deňiz Güýçleri) is the naval warfare branch of the armed forces of Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's Navy Day is celebrated annually on October 9. The naval forces were directed by the ...

article.

Transportation

The M37 highway passes through the town. It is served by the Gyuşa rail station on the Türkmenbaşy-Ashgabat rail line. It is approximately 20 kilometers from the

Turkmenbashi International Airport Turkmenbashi International Airport ( tk, Türkmenbaşy halkara howa menzili) is an international airport located in the city of Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan. It accepts both passenger and cargo flights. It opened in 1959 and is one of the five m ...

References

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