Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan
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Türkmenbaşy is a city in Turkmenistan, part of the Balkan Province, on the shore of the Caspian Sea. Population 51,000.
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History
The city was founded in 1869 and until the 1990s it was named Krasnovodsk (Красноводск), the Russian version of the original name, Kyzyl-Su (Red Water). In 1993 it was renamed by president Saparmurat Niyazov, after his self-proclaimed title Türkmenbaşy ("Leader of all Ethnic Turkmen").
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Transportation
A ferry service connects Turkmenbashi to Baku, Azerbaijan.
