Karakum District or Garagum District is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Mary Province
Mary Region () is one of five regions of Turkmenistan, provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary, Turkmenistan, Mary. Its area is and population 1,613,386 (2 ...
in
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
. The administrative center of the district is the town of
Ýagtyýol. It is formed in 1978 as Karakum
Raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...
() and was renamed to its current name in 1992.
Administrative Subdivisions
* Cities (şäherler)
** N/A
* Towns (şäherçeler)
**
Ýagtyýol
* Village councils (geňeşlikler)
** Akmeýdan (Akmeýdan, Abaýtöş, Geçigyran, Gurtlydepe, Kişman)
** Durnalyýap (Türkmenistan, Atlyýatan)
** Göbeklidepe (Göbekli, Ýasydepe)
** Sähra (Sähra)
** Şatlyk (Şatlyk, Durnaly)
** Tarpýer (Akjadepe, Erez)
** Täzeoba (Täzeoba)
References
Districts of Turkmenistan
Mary Region
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