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]

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Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky Oktyabrsk (Октябрьск)
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky Location in Turkmenistan Show map of Turkmenistan Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky (Asia) Show map of Asia
Coordinates: 42°23′N 58°48′E
Country	Turkmenistan
Region	Daşoguz Region
District	Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy District
Time zone	UTC+5 (+5)

Etymology

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.

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