Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy is a town and capital of Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy District in the Daşoguz Province of Turkmenistan.
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy | |
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Coordinates: 42°22′44″N 58°50′07″E / 42.37889°N 58.83528°E | |
Country | Turkmenistan |
Province | Daşoguz Province |
District | Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy District |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 21,465 |
It has been assigned as an urban-type settlement since 1984. Before 1993, its name was Oktyabrsk. It is renamed to Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy in honor of Saparmurat Niyazov.
The city has a railway station, which is the terminal on the dead-end branch of a railway line connecting Dashoguz and Xo‘jayli.
The status of the city has been assigned since 2016.[1]
Its 1989 population is 6,770.[2]