Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi

Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi is a town and the administrative center of Türkmenbaşy District, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. It is east of the city of Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan, with which it should not be confused. Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi was previously called Janga (Russian: Джанга, Cyrillic Turkmen: Җаңңа).[1][2]

Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi
Janga, Russian Джанга, Turkmen Cyrillic Җаңңа (1940–1993)
Town
Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi
Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 40°0′37″N 53°6′49″E
CountryTurkmenistan
ProvinceBalkan Province
DistrictTürkmenbaşy District
Time zoneUTC+5

Overview

Known then as Janga, the settlement was granted status of a "town of urban type" (Russian: посёлок городского типа) in 1940, and was renamed Town of Turkmenbashy in 1993.[2][3] The town is primarily noted as the site of Janga Naval Base, the home port of the Turkmen Navy.[4][5]

Etymology

Atanyyazow notes that Janga (Turkmen: Jaňňa, Җаңңа) is a Kazakh variant of the name of a local well called Ýanyja.[6]

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.

References
  1. "Districts in Turkmenistan". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. "ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ПРЕЗИДИУМА МЕДЖЛИСА ТУРКМЕНИСТАНА № 821 — XII О переименовании и присвоении имени Прeзидента Туркменистана С. А. Ниязова этрапам, поселкам, колхозам, cовхозам, предприятиям" [Decree of the Presidium of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan No. 821-XII On renaming to the name of President of Turkmenistan S.A. Niyazov districts, towns, kolkhozes, sovkhozes, enterprises] (PDF) (in Russian). Parliament of Turkmenistan. 9 March 1993. p. 18.
  3. Date of granting town status is drawn from the Russian Wikipedia article ru:Посёлки Туркмении; see it for attribution.
  4. "Turkmenbashi Naval Base". Nice. Retrieved 21 December 2020. This citation is taken from the Turkmen Naval Forces article.
  5. "Нейтральный Туркменистан наращивает свой военно-морской флот" (in Russian). RFE/RL. 14 October 2011.
  6. Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. p. 161.
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