Türkmenbaşy

city in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan
Place human_settlement Q488987
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Summary

Türkmenbaşy is a human settlement[1]. Türkmenbaşy ranks in the top 0.38% of human settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,812 views/month, #138 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Türkmenbaşy District[3]
  • Country: Turkmenistan[4]
  • Instance of: city[5]
  • Named after: Türkmenbaşy[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Jūrmala[7]
  • Postal code: 745000[8]
  • Commons category: Turkmenbashi[9]
  • Licence plate code: BN[10]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+05:00[11]
  • Inception: 1869[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan[13]
  • Population: 68,292[14], 23,262[15], 39,272[16], 48,840[17], 53,131[18], 58,854[19], 63,000[20], 86,800[21], 91,745[22]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[26]
  • Capital of: Türkmenbaşy District[27]
  • Official name: Туркменбашы[28], Türkmenbaşy[29], Туркмэнбашы[30]
  • Category for people born here: Q8076147[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan[32]
  • Native label: Türkmenbaşy[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Türkmenbaşy[34]
  • Name in kana: トルクメンバシュ[35]
  • Elevation above sea level: 27 m[36]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Türkmenbaşy include Türkmenbaşy Gulf[37], a bay[38], in Turkmenistan[39].

Why It Matters

Türkmenbaşy has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Türkmenbaşy is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Türkmenbaşy include Türkmenbaşy Gulf[37], a bay[38], in Turkmenistan[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 1939 Soviet census. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 1959 Soviet census. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 1970 Soviet census. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 1979 Soviet census. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 1989 Soviet census. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Population census of Turkmenistan 1995. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Saamat7 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q3547052
    Capital → Q488987
    Capital of → Krasnovodsk oblast, Krasnovodsk oblast, Krasnovodsk oblast +1
    Instance of → human settlement, city
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Different from: Türkmenbaşy"
  2. 10w ago · Saamat7 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan
    Described by source → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 40.016666666667, 'lon': 52.966666666667}
    Native label → {'lang': 'tk', 'text': 'Türkmenbaşy'}
    + 80 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: human settlement"
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