List of cities in Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
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The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
-era names and spellings. For a full list of settlements see List of cities, towns and villages in Turkmenistan.
- AbadanAbadan, TurkmenistanAbadan is a town located near Aşgabat in the Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It was founded in 1963. It was named Büzmeýin until October 2002 when its name was changed by Turkmenistan's president Saparmurat Niyazov...
- AkdepeAkdepeAkdepe is a town and capital of Akdepe District in the Daşoguz Province of Turkmenistan....
- AşgabatAsgabatAshgabat or formerly Poltoratsk between 1919–1927) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia. It has a population of 695,300 , 2009 estimates around 1 million people in Ashgabat, and is situated between the Kara Kum desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range...
- Capital - BaýramalyBaýramalyBaýramaly is a city of Turkmenistan, a seat of Baýramaly District within Mary Province. It lies about 27 km east of the provincial capital Mary, along the main railway line from Ashgabat to Tashkent. In 2009, it had a population estimated at 88,486 .The city is located in a dry oasis in the Murgab...
- BäherdenBäherdenBaharly is a town and seat of Baharly District in south-western Turkmenistan in Ahal Province. It lies on the northern rim of the Kopet Dag mountain range, south-west of the town of Archman....
- Bekibent
- Bokurdak
- Bygdaili
- Burdalyk
- Çarşaňňy
- Çagyl
- Çeşme
- DarganataDarganataDarganata is a town and capital of Birata District in the Lebap Province of Turkmenistan....
- DaşoguzDasoguzDaşoguz , formerly known as Tashauz , is a city in northern Turkmenistan and the capital of Daşoguz Province.-Geography:...
- Davaly
- Deverze
- Djachev
- Ekezhe
- ÝolötenÝolötenÝolöten or Iolatan is a town and capital of Ýolöten District in the Mary Province of Turkmenistan. The city is located in the delta of the Murgab River, 55 kilometers southeast of the Mary, Turkmenistan. Ýolöten lies on the railway line of Mary - Serhetabat...
- Ýerbent
- Esenguly
- Garryqala
- Gazandzhyk
- GumdagGumdagGumdag is a city in south-western Turkmenistan in Balkan Province. It is south of Balkanabat....
- Gyshgy
- GyzyletrekGyzyletrekGyzyletrek is a town in western Turkmenistan. It is located in Balkan Province on the Atrek River bordering on Iran. The name means "Red Atrek" and may be a reference to the silt load that the Atrek River carries at that point...
- Jasga
- Kaka
- Karabogazkel
- Keneurgench
- KerkiKerkiKerki is a town in eastern Turkmenistan. It is located in Lebap Province.Nearby towns and villages include Atamyrat , Mukry , Amyderya , Surkhi and Kiikchi .....
- Kunya UrgenchKunya UrgenchKonye-Urgench also known as Konya-Urgench, Old Urgench or Urganj, is a municipality of about 30,000 inhabitants in north-eastern Turkmenistan, just south from its border with Uzbekistan. It is the site of the ancient town of Ürgenç , which contains the unexcavated ruins of the 12th-century capital...
- Lekker
- MaryMary, TurkmenistanMary is the capital city of Mary Province in Turkmenistan. Former names include Merv, Meru and Margiana. It is located at . The city is an oasis in the Karakum Desert, located on the Murghab river. In 2009, Mary had a population of 123,000 , up from 92,000 in the 1989 census.-History:The ancient...
- BalkanabatBalkanabatBalkanabat , formerly Nebit Dag, is a city in western Turkmenistan, and the capital of Balkan Province. It is located at , at an altitude of 17 meters, some 400 kilometers from Ashgabat. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 87,822. Balkanabat lies at the foot of the Balkan...
- Ogryda
- Repatek
- Saragt
- Serdar (Gyzylarbat)
- Shasenem
- TagtabazarTagtabazarTagtabazar is a town and capital of Tagtabazar District in the Mary Province of Turkmenistan....
- TejenTejenTejen is an oasis city in the Karakum Desert, in Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It is located at latitude 37.3786 North; longitude 60.4961 East at an altitude of 161 meters...
- TurkmenabatTürkmenabatTürkmenabat , formerly and since the medieval times, Chardzhou , also spelled Çärjew, Chardjui, Charjou, Chardzhev, Charjev, Chärjew, or Charjew , ancient Amul, is a town in Turkmenistan, capital of Lebap Province...
(formerly Chardzhev) - Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk)
- Uchadzhy