Official Name: | Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky |
Other Name: | Oktyabrsk (Октябрьск) |
Pushpin Map: | Turkmenistan#Asia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Turkmenistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Turkmenistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Daşoguz Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy District |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | +5 |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 42.3833°N 106°W |
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky şäheri ("City named for Saparmurat Turkmenbashy"), formerly known as the town of Oktyabr in Turkmen and Oktyabrsk in Russian, is a city in and administrative center of Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky District, Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan.[1]
The city was renamed in honor of then-President Saparmurat Niyazov on 5 May 1993.[2] The former name, Oktyabr/Oktyabrsk, paid homage to the "Great October Revolution", known more commonly in the West as the Russian Revolution.