Turkmenbashi is a city in
Balkan Province in Turkmenistan, on the Krasnovodsk Gulf of the Caspian Sea. It
is located at latitude 40.0231 North; longitude 52.9697 East, at an altitude of
27 meters. The population (est 2004) was 86,800, mostly ethnic Russian, Armenians
and Azeri. As the terminus of the Trans-Caspian Railway, it was an important
transportation center
