Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi, formerly known as Krasnovodsk, is a beautiful coastal city of 68,000 people on the Caspian Sea in . It serves as 's main access to the sea and has much of the country's oil refineries.
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  • Type: City with 91,700 residents
  • Description: city in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan
  • Also known as: “Krasnovodskas”, “Krasnowodsk”, “Krasnowodzk”, “Krassnowodsk”, “Kyzyl-Su”, “Şagadam”, “Shagadam”, “Tuerkmenbasy”, “Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan”, “Turkmenbashi Turkmenistán”, “Turkmenbashy”, “Türkmenbashy”, “Turkmenbaşî”, “Turkmenbașî”, “Türkmenbaşi”, “Türkmenbașî”, “Turkmenbašis”, “Turkmenbasji”, “Turkmenbasjy”, “Turkmenbasy”, “Turkmenbašy”, “Turkmenbaşy”, “Turkmenbașy”, “Türkmenbasy”, “Türkmenbaşy”, “Türkmenbașy”, “Türkmenbaşy şäheri”, “Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan”, “Turkmenbaszi”, “Türkmenbaszi”, “Türkmenbaszy”, “Краснаводск”, “Красноводськ”, “Туркманбоши”, “Түркменбашы”, “ترکمن باشی”, “قزل سو”, “کراسنودسک”, “کراسنوودسک”, “크라스노보츠크”, “크라스노봇스크”, “クラスノボツク”, “トルクメンバシ (都市)”, “克拉斯諾沃茨克”, and “克拉斯诺沃德斯克”
  • Address: Türkmenbaşy şäheri, Balkan welaýaty

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shagadam and Turkmenbashy International Seaport.

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Stadium is a in Turkmenbashi, .

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Türkmenbaşy International Seaport is the main…

Turkmenbashi

Latitude
40.0055° or 40° 0′ 20″ north
Longitude
52.9933° or 52° 59′ 36″ east
Population
91,700
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
IATA airport code
KRW
UN/LOCODE
TM KRA and TM KRW
Open location code
8HGJ2X4V+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 98072410
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
601594
Wiki­data ID
Q488987
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Turkmenbashi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تركمان باشي”
  • Arabic: “تركمانباشي”
  • Armenian: “Թուրքմենբաշի”
  • Asturian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Azerbaijani: “Türkmənbaşı”
  • Bashkir: “Төркмәнбашы”
  • Basque: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Belarusian: “Туркменбашы”
  • Belarusian: “Туркмэнбашы”
  • Bulgarian: “Туркменбаши”
  • Catalan: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Cebuano: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Chechen: “Туркменбаши (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Туркменбаши”
  • Chinese: “土库曼巴希”
  • Chinese: “土庫曼巴希”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Türkmenbaşı (şeer)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Türkmenbaşı”
  • Czech: “Turkmenbaši”
  • Danish: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Dutch: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Eastern Mari: “Туркменбаши”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تركمانباشى”
  • Esperanto: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Estonian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Finnish: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • French: “Turkmenbachi”
  • French: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Georgian: “თურქმენბაში”
  • German: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Greek: “Τουρκμένμπασι”
  • Hebrew: “טורקמנבאשי”
  • Hindi: “तुर्कमनबाशी”
  • Hungarian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Indonesian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Irish: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Italian: “Turkmenbashi”
  • Italian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Japanese: “トルクメンバシ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tu’rkmenbashi‘”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Túrkmenbashı”
  • Kazakh: “Түрікменбашы (қала)”
  • Kazakh: “Түрікменбашы”
  • Korean: “투르크멘바시”
  • Latin: “Dauaba”
  • Latvian: “Turkmenbaši (pilsēta)”
  • Latvian: “Turkmenbaši”
  • Lithuanian: “Tiurkmenbaši”
  • Lithuanian: “Turkmėnbašis”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Malagasy: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Mingrelian: “თურქმენბაში”
  • Moksha: “Туркмэнбашы”
  • Mongolian: “Туркменбашы”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Norwegian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Persian: “ترکمن‌باشی”
  • Polish: “Turkmenbaszy”
  • Portuguese: “Turkmenbachi”
  • Portuguese: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Romanian: “Türkmenbaşî”
  • Romanian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Russian: “Красноводск” (historical)
  • Russian: “Туркменбаши”
  • Russian: “Туркменбашы”
  • Scots: “Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan”
  • Scots: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Serbian: “Туркменбаши”
  • Silesian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Spanish: “Krasnovodsk”
  • Spanish: “Turkmenbashi”
  • Sundanese: “Türkmenbaşy, Turkménistan”
  • Sundanese: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Swedish: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Tajik: “Туркманбошӣ”
  • Tatar: “Төрекмәнбашы”
  • Turkish: “Türkmenbaşı”
  • Turkmen: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Ukrainian: “Туркменбаші”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Urdu: “ترکمنباشی، ترکمانستان”
  • Uzbek: “Turkmanboshi”
  • Veps: “Turkmenbaši”
  • Vietnamese: “Türkmenbaşy”
  • Western Panjabi: “ترکمان باشی”
  • “Türkmenbaşy”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Тихий двор and Kenar.

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