Avaza District is a city borough of Türkmenbaşy in Balkan Region in Turkmenistan, on the Krasnovodsk Gulf of the Caspian Sea.According to Türkmenistanyň dolandyryş-çäk birlikleriniň Sanawy Turkmenbashy is divided into Turkmenbashy city proper and the Awaza borough, which consists of the Awaza National Resort Zone plus an administrative center and bedroom community a short distance away. The portion of Turkmenbashy not in the Awaza borough is colloquially referred to as the Kenar borough (Kenar etraby), after the former village of Kenar that was annexed by Turkmenbashy city.
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