List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan explained

The following is the list of cities in Turkmenistan that underwent one or more name changes in the past. Years in parentheses indicate the year a name was changed. A question mark (?) indicates the date of name change is needed.

• Amul → Charjuy (?) → Leninsk (1924) → Charjuy = Charjou = Çärjew (1927) → Turkmenabat (1999)
• Askhabad → Poltoratsk (1919) → Ashgabat (1927)
• Bäherden → Baharly (2003) → Bäherden (2018)
• Bekdaş → Garabogaz (2002)
• Çarşaňňy → Köýtendag (1999)
• Çeleken → Hazar^[1]
• Çetili → Sakarçäge (?)
• Dargan-Ata → Birata (?) → Darganata (2017)
• Gazanjyk = Kazandzhik (1895) → Bereket (1999)
• Gowurdak → Magdanly (?)
• Gyzyl-arbat = Kizil-arvat → Serdar (1999) → Gyzylarbat (2022)
• Kalinin → Boldumsaz (1993)
• Ganlygala → Aleksandrov (~1890) → Kara Kala = Garrygala (~1924) → Magtymguly (2004)
• Kerki → Atamyrat (1999) → Kerki (2017)
• Kirovsk → Babadaýhan (1992)
• Shagadam → Kyzyl-Su → Krasnovodsk (1869) → Turkmenbashy (1993)
• Kushka = Guşgy (1885) → Serhetabat (1999)
• Neftedag (1933) → Nebit-dag (1946) → Balkanabat (2001)
• Neftezavodsk (1973) → Seýdi (1990)
• Oktyabrsk → Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky (1993)
• Şehitli → Şatlyk (1971)
• Stalino (1940?) → Moskovskiy (1961) → Murgap (?)
• Täzä Bazar → imeni Andreyeva (1938) → Andreyevsk (194?) → Täzebazar (1957) → Nyýazow (1993) → Şabat (2022)
• Täzä-Gala → imeni Telmana (1938) → Telmansk (1949) → Gubadag (1993)
• Tejen State Farm → Bereket (~1993) → Altyn Asyr (2000)
• Yuzhnyy → Dostluk (?)
• Ýylanly → Gurbansoltan Eje (2004) → Andalyp (2022)

See also

• List of cities in Turkmenistan
• List of cities, towns and villages in Turkmenistan
• List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan
• List of renamed cities in Kyrgyzstan
• List of renamed cities in Tajikistan
• List of renamed cities in Uzbekistan

Notes and References

1. Downgraded from city to town in November 2022. News: Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана . 10 November 2022 . ru . Электронная газета «Золотой век».