Alaja, (Russian: Аладжа), is a small, unincorporated populated place in Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan on the Caspian Sea.

It is the site of an oil-loading terminal.

[1] In the Turkmen language, alaja is an amulet bracelet woven of alternating colors of thread, usually black and white, worn to ward off the evil eye.

[2] The original Turkic meaning of the term is "striped", hence the name of the locality, because "there is water on both sides".

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