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 meters and has a population of 86,800, made up mainly of ethnic Turkmens alongside Russian, Armenian, and Azerbaijani communities. The city is the terminus of the Trans-Caspian Railway and the site of a major Caspian seaport, as well as Turkmenistan largest oil refining complex.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikidata: Türkmenbaşy
- Wikidata Q488987, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikidata Q488987 P571, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
P571 value year 1869
- In Group: Cities of Central Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 52.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 52.75
40.25 52.75 BWk
3. GeoNames: Türkmenbaşy - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 601594, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)Quote, cities500 record 601594, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)
40.02216 52.95517 P PPL TM 02 91745 5 Asia/Ashgabat
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