Gumdag (romanized Russian Kum Dag) is a town in Balkan Province, Turkmenistan.

[2] Atanyyazow postulates that the name came from the sand hill 3 km to the west where the first oil well in the area was drilled.

[3] The town is home to the Gumdag oil and gas field, which is the main driver of the local economy.

In the same years, a well-drilling machine was installed by the government on the sand hill 3 km west of the village.

With the development of oil production from the region, people from Balkanabat and other cities started to flock here.