Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi

Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi Janga (1940–1993)
Town
Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 40°0′37″N 53°6′49″E
Country	Turkmenistan
Province	Balkan Province
District	Türkmenbaşy District
Time zone	UTC+5

Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi is a town and the administrative center of Türkmenbaşy District, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. It is east of the city of Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan, with which it should not be confused. Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi was previously called Janga.^[1][2]

Etymology

Atanyyazow notes that Janga (Turkmen: Jaňňa) is a Kazakh variant of the name of a local well called Ýanyja.^[3] The name was changed in 1993 to honor then-President Saparmyrat Niyazov.

History

Known then as Janga (Turkmen: Jaňňa), the settlement was granted status of a "town of urban type" in 1940, and was renamed Town of Turkmenbashy in 1993.^[2][4] The town is primarily noted as the site of Janga Naval Base, the home port of the Turkmen Navy.^[5][6]

Transportation

The M37 highway passes through the town. It is served by the Gyuşa rail station on the Türkmenbaşy-Ashgabat rail line. It is approximately 20 kilometers from the Turkmenbashi International Airport.

References

1. "Districts in Turkmenistan". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
2. "ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ПРЕЗИДИУМА МЕДЖЛИСА ТУРКМЕНИСТАНА № 821 — XII О переименовании и присвоении имени Прeзидента Туркменистана С. А. Ниязова этрапам, поселкам, колхозам, cовхозам, предприятиям" [Decree of the Presidium of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan No. 821-XII On renaming to the name of President of Turkmenistan S.A. Niyazov districts, towns, kolkhozes, sovkhozes, enterprises] (PDF) (in Russian). Parliament of Turkmenistan. 9 March 1993. p. 18.
3. Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. p. 161.
4. Date of granting town status is drawn from the Russian Wikipedia article ru:Посёлки Туркмении; see it for attribution.
5. "Turkmenbashi Naval Base". Nice. Retrieved 21 December 2020. This citation is taken from the Turkmen Naval Forces article.
6. "Нейтральный Туркменистан наращивает свой военно-морской флот" (in Russian). RFE/RL. 14 October 2011.