Daşoguz Province
Daşoguz Province (Turkmen: Daşoguz welaýaty) (umwhile Daşhowuz / Дашховуз) is ane o the welayat (provinces) o Turkmenistan. It is in the north o the kintra, borderin Uzbekistan. The aurie o the province is 73,430 square kilometers, an the total population is 1,370,400 (2005 est.).[1] The caipital is Daşoguz (Дашогуз).
The province is maistly desert, an is experiencin severe environmental degradation as a result o the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe. Increased soil salinity haes ruined thoosans o square kilometers o fermland.
The province contains the UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid o Köneürgenç.
Baith Turkmen citizens an foreigners require special permission tae visit the province, as the govrenment regards it as a "closed" border zone.
Destricts eedit
Daşoguz Province is admeenistratively dividit intae 8 destricts (etraplar; singular etrap) an 2 ceeties (il).[2][3] Name changes since 1995 are shown in parentheses:
- Daşoguz Ceety (umwhile Daşhowuz)
- Köneürgenç Ceety (umwhile Kunya Urgench) – grantit etrap status on 3 Februar 2008[4]
- Akdepe Destrict
- Boldumsaz Destrict
- Görogly Destrict (umwhile Tagta)
- Gubadag Destrict
- Gurbansoltan Eje Destrict (umwhile Ýylanly)
- Köneürgenç Destrict
- Saparmyrat Nyýazow Destrict (umwhile Daşoguz/Daşhowuz etrap)
- Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy Destrict
References eedit
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004, National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005.
- ↑ "Дашогузский Велаят". Archived frae the original on 28 Julie 2009. Retrieved 5 Julie 2011.
- ↑ Turkmenistan Districts
- ↑ "Halk Maslahaty resolution changing the status of Köneürgenç City". Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2009. Retrieved 5 Julie 2011.