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| Turkmenbashi |
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or Türkmenba y (tûrk´´m nbä´sh ) (KEY) , formerly Krasnovodsk (krsnvôtsk´) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 59,500), W Turkmenistan, on the Krasnovodsk Gulf of the Caspian Sea. It is the western terminus of oil and natural gas pipelines and of the Trans-Caspian RR, which links the Caspian region with central Asia. It is also a transshipment point for agricultural produce. The city was founded in 1869. |
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