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Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky
Oktyabrsk (Октябрьск) | |
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Coordinates: 42°23′N 58°48′E / 42.383°N 58.800°E | |
Country | Turkmenistan |
Region | Daşoguz Region |
District | Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy District |
Time zone | UTC+5 (+5) |
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky şäheri ("City named for Saparmurat Turkmenbashy"), formerly known as the town of Oktyabr in Turkmen and Oktyabrsk in Russian, is a city in and administrative center of Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky District, Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan. [1]
The city was renamed in honor of then-President Saparmurat Niyazov on 5 May 1993. [2] The former name, Oktyabr/Oktyabrsk, paid homage to the " Great October Revolution", known more commonly in the West as the Russian Revolution.