Official Name: | Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy |
Pushpin Map: | Turkmenistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Turkmenistan |
Coordinates: | 42.3789°N 58.8353°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name: | Turkmenistan |
Subdivision Name1: | Daşoguz Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy District |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 21,465 |
Postal Code: | 745190 |
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy is a town and capital of Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy District in the Daşoguz Province of Turkmenistan.
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]