Lebap Province (Turkmen: Lebap welaýaty frae the Persian لباب Lobāb) is ane o the provinces (welayat) o Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast o the kintra, borderin Uzbekistan alang the Amu Darya. Its caipital is Türkmenabat (umwhile named Çärjew). It haes an aurie o 93,730 square kilometers, an a population o 1,334,500 fowk (2005 est.).[1]

Map showin destrict
Map showin destrict

It contains the Repetek Nature Reserve an the Köýtendag Nature Reserve, which haes Turkmenistan's heichest muntain, Aýrybaba (3137 meters).

Baith Turkmen citizens an foreigners require special permission tae visit pairts o the province borderin Uzbekistan, as the govrenment regards the border destrict as a "closed" border zone.

Destricts eedit

Lebap Province is dividit intae 16 destricts (etraplar; singular etrap) an 3 ceeties (il).[2][3] Name chynges syne 1995 are shown in parentheses:

  • Destricts
    • Atamyrat Destrict (umwhile Kerki Destrict)
    • Beýik Türkmenbaşy Destrict (umwhile Saparmyrat Nyýazow Destrict)
    • Birata Destrict (umwhile Darganata Destrict)
    • Dovletli Destrict (creatit in August 2007)[4][5]
    • Farap Destrict
    • Galkynyş Destrict (umwhile Dänew Destrict)
    • Garabekewül Destrict
    • Garaşsyzlyk Destrict (formerly Boýnyuzyn Destrict)
    • Halaç Destrict
    • Hojambaz Destrict
    • Köýtendag Destrict (formerly Çarşaňňy Destrict)
    • Magdanly Destrict
    • Sakar Destrict
    • Saýat Destrict
    • Serdarabat Destrict (umwhile Türkmenabat/Çärjew Destrict)
    • Seýdi Destrict
  • Ceeties

References eedit

  1. Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004, National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005.
  2. "Лебапский Велаят". Archived frae the original on 28 Julie 2009. Retrieved 5 Julie 2011.
  3. Turkmenistan Districts
  4. Dovletli: a new etrap in Lebap Province Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Roushie). Retrieved on 24 January 2009.
  5. Presidential resolution on Dovleti Etrap Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, 29 August 2007. Retrieved on 24 January 2009.

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