Hojambaz or Hodzhambas is a city and capital of Hojambaz District in Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.
The name of the city is derived from Persian word "Khâjeh-Jangbâz" ("îÃÂçìÃÂâÂÂìÃÂïèçò"), consisting of two parts, "Khâjeh" ("îÃÂçìÃÂ") being a commonly used honorific title, and "Jangbâz" ("ìÃÂïèçò"), meaning "warrior". The name was adopted into Turkmen as "Hoja-Jeà Âbaz". The name then underwent phonetic modifications, such as a change in vowel in order to adhere to Vowel harmony rules of Turkmen, becoming "Hoja-Jaà Âbaz", and reduction of the two subsequent "ja" syllables into one, thus becoming "Hojaà Âbaz", ultimately evolving to its modern form "Hojambaz".
On 19th-century Russian maps of the area, the name was annotated as Ã¥þôöð-ÃÂöðüñðà(Hodzha-Dzhambas) and Ã¥þôöð-ÃÂöÃÂüñÃÂà(Khodja-Dzhumbus), and in the 1926 documents demarcating the Turkmen SSR as Ã¥þôöð-ÃÂöðýñð÷ (Khodzha-Dzhanbas). Yakup Astanakulow TOP TKM
The city's economy is dominated by employment at the China National Petroleum Company natural gas works in the Bagtyýarlyk gas field. The surrounding Hojambaz District produces cotton, which is ginned in the city.