City · Turkmenistan
Türkmenbaşy
Türkmenbaşy, previously known as Shagadam, Krasnovodsk and Kyzyl-Su, is a major port city in Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan, on the Türkmenbaşy Gulf of the Caspian Sea. It sits at an elevation of 27 metres. The population was 86,800, consisting of mostly ethnic Turkmens, with the addition of Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijanis minorities. As the terminus of the Trans-Caspian Railway and site of a major seaport on the Caspian, it is an important transportation center. The city is also the site of Turkmenistan's largest oil refining complex.
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- Population: 91,745.
- Founded: 1869.
- Timezone: Asia/Ashgabat.