Gubadag is a

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in Boldumsaz District in

Daşoguz Province Daşoguz (also Dashoguz, Dasoguz; roughly "stone spring" in Turkmen), formerly known as Tashauz (until 1992; ) and Dashkhovuz (1992–1999; ), is a large city in northern Turkmenistan and the capital of Daşoguz Province. The Uzbekistan border ...

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. Gubadag is known for its special round meat pie, known as ''fitchi'' (; ). The city is located on the border with

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(

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), near Mang‘it. Until December 1938 the city was named Täzä-Kala (). From 1938 until 1949 it was called Town Named for Thälmann (), a russification of the last name of

Ernst Thälmann Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann (; 16 April 1886 – 18 August 1944) was a German communist politician and leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. A committed communist, Thälmann sought to overthrow the liberal democr ...

(1886-1944), a German Communist involved in the international communist movement. In 1949 this was abbreviated to Telmansk (). The name was changed to Gubadag in 1993 by Presidential Decree No. 1327.

Etymology

Frank's and Touch-Werner's dictionary defines ''guba'' as "reddish-brown" and ''dag'' as "mountain". Atanyyazow asserts the name derives from the reddish-brown hills in the vicinity.

References

Populated places in Daşoguz Region {{Cities of Turkmenistan