Gubadag is a city in Boldumsaz District in Daşoguz Province of Turkmenistan.

[1] Gubadag is known for its special round meat pie, known as fitchi (Turkmen: "fitçi"; Russian: "фитчи").

From 1938 until 1949 it was called Town Named for Thälmann (Russian: посёлок имени Тельмана), a russification of the last name of Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944), a German Communist involved in the international communist movement.

[3] 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.