Türkmenbaşy şäherçesi was previously called Janga.

[1][2] Atanyyazow notes that Janga (Turkmen: Jaňňa) is a Kazakh variant of the name of a local well called Ýanyja.

[3] The name was changed in 1993 to honor then-President Saparmyrat Niyazov.

[2][4] The town is primarily noted as the site of Janga Naval Base, the home port of the Turkmen Navy.

It is approximately 20 kilometers from the Turkmenbashi International Airport.