Districts of Turkmenistan

The districts of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: etraplar, sing. etrap) are territorial entities below the provinces of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: welaýatlar, sing. welaýat). They may be counties, cities, or boroughs of cities. The heads of the districts (Turkmen: häkim, translated as "governor" for districts of a welaýat and "mayor" for cities or boroughs of a city) are appointed by the President of Turkmenistan (Constitution of Turkmenistan, Articles 80-81).

Provinces of Turkmenistan
Politics of Turkmenistan

Regarding cities "with district status" (Turkmen: etrap hukukly), by Turkmen law, "...such cities must have population over 30,000 and be the administrative center of a province (welaýat); headed by a presidentially appointed häkim." Though this officially limits the possible number of such cities to five (the number of provinces), in reality other cities are periodically accorded the status of a district. As of 9 November 2022, 7 cities in Turkmenistan enjoyed the status of districts.[1] One city, the capital city of Ashgabat, enjoys the status of a province.[2]

Two cities in Turkmenistan feature subordinate districts headed by mayors. Such districts are best rendered into English as "boroughs" to distinguish them from municipal districts without their own governments, which are also called etraplar in Turkmen (but are called микрорайоны in Russian). Ashgabat has four boroughs and as of November 2022 Turkmenbashy has one.

List of districts by first-level entity

Aşgabat City

See also Map of the Boroughs of Ashgabat

As of January 5, 2018, Ashgabat includes four boroughs (uly etraplar):[3][4][5][6][7][8]

  1. Bagtyýarlyk etraby (formerly President Niyazov, Lenin District, expanded to include former Ruhabat District plus new territory)
  2. Berkararlyk etraby (formerly Azatlyk, Sovetskiy District)
  3. Büzmeýin etraby (formerly Abadan District, expanded to include former Arçabil and Çandybil Districts)
  4. Köpetdag etraby (formerly Proletarskiy District)

This number is a reduction from the previous number of boroughs.

Ahal Province
  1. Ak bugdaý (formerly Gäwers)
  2. Babadaýhan
  3. Bäherden (formerly Baharly)
  4. Gökdepe
  5. Kaka
  6. Sarahs
  7. Tejen[9][10]

Balkan Province
  • County Districts:
  1. Bereket (previously Gazanjyk)
  2. Esenguly
  3. Etrek (previously Gyzyletrek)
  4. Gyzylarbat (previously Gyzylarvat, Serdar)
  5. Magtymguly (previously Garry Gala)
  6. Türkmenbaşy
  1. Awaza etraby[1]

Daşoguz Province
  1. Akdepe
  2. Boldumsaz
  3. Görogly (formerly Tagta)
  4. Köneurgenç
  5. Ruhubelent
  6. Shabat (formerly Dashoguz/Dashowuz, Nyýazow)[1]
  7. Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy[10][11][12]

Lebap Province
  1. Çärjew (formerly Türkmenabat/Serdarabat)
  2. Dänew (formerly Galkynyş)
  3. Darganata (formerly Birata)
  4. Halaç
  5. Hojambaz
  6. Kerki (formerly Atamyrat)
  7. Köýtendag (formerly Çarşaňňy)
  8. Saýat[10][13][1]

Mary Province
  1. Baýramaly
  2. Garagum
  3. Mary
  4. Murgap
  5. Sakarçäge
  6. Tagtabazar
  7. Türkmengala
  8. Wekilbazar
  9. Ýolöten[10][14][1]

Cities with "district status"
See also: List of cities in Turkmenistan

Under Turkmen law, some cities are granted "district status" (Turkmen: etrap hukukly), meaning they are headed by a presidentially appointed mayor (Turkmen: häkim) and control their own budgets. Cities without this status (cities "in a district", Turkmen: etrapdaky) are headed by a council (Turkmen: geňeş) chaired by an arçyn rather than a mayor. Cities in Turkmenistan with district status are:[2][1]

Ahal Province
  1. Arkadag şäheri

Balkan Province
  1. Balkanabat şäheri
  2. Türkmenbaşy şäheri

Daşoguz Province
  1. Daşoguz şäheri

Lebap Province
  1. Türkmenabat şäheri

Mary Province
  1. Baýramaly şäheri
  2. Mary şäheri

Abolished districts

These districts no longer exist.

See also

References
  1. "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.
  2. Türkmenistanyň Mejlisi (2010–2018). "Türkmenistanyň dolandyryş-çäk birlikleriniň Sanawy". Türkmenistanyş Mejlisiniň Karary. Ashgabat.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) This document is reproduced online at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Districts_in_Turkmenistan.
  3. "Постановление о вопросах административно-территориального деления города Ашхабада". 5 January 2018.
  4. "Глава государства подписал Постановления о переименовании и структурной реорганизации некоторых хякимликов Ахалского велаята и Ашхабада". 5 January 2018.
  5. "Меджлис Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление города Ашхабада". 5 January 2018.
  6. "Парламент Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление Ашхабада". 6 January 2018.
  7. "В Туркменистане изменились административные границы Ашхабада и Ахалского региона". 6 January 2018.
  8. "Глава государства подписал Постановления о переименовании и структурной реорганизации некоторых хякимликов Ахалского велаята и Ашхабада". 8 January 2018.
  9. "Парламент Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление Ахалского велаята". 5 January 2018.
  10. "Административно-территориальное деление Туркменистана по регионам по состоянию на 1 января 2017 года". Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  11. "Map of Districts (Etraplar) of Dashoguz Province]".
  12. "Изменения в административно-территориальном делении Дашогузского велаята (Changes in the Administrative-Territorial Division of Dashoguz Province)". 17 June 2016.
  13. "Внесены изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята". 27 November 2017.
  14. "Административно-территориальные изменения Марыйского велаята". 24 July 2016.
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