It lies about 27 km east of the provincial capital Mary, along the main railway line from Ashgabat to Tashkent.

[2] The modern city of Baýramaly was established in 1887 as part of the Murgab Imperial Estate, a property of the Russian crown.

[3] Over the following decades, the town experienced rapid growth, with the Russian Empire investing in factories, irrigation systems, hospitals, orchards, nurseries, and parks.

[4] In particular, Count K. K. Pahlen, in his report on travels to Russian Turkestan, revealed that the glorified photographs of the Baýramaly estate had been staged "to present a rosy picture to the Tsar.

Baýramaly is a climatic spa and visitors are often sent to the city for treatment of chronic kidney disease, acute forms of nephritis and nephrosis, hypertension, renal tuberculosis, and problems of blood circulation.