Murgap 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 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
Murgap.
Founded as Stalin District in February 1935, this district joined Mary four years later, in November 1939. Twenty-two years later, it was renamed to its current name, Murgap, as part of a
de-Stalinization
De-Stalinization () comprised a series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, and Khrushchev Thaw, the thaw brought about by ascension of Nik ...
campaign. It was administered directly by the
Turkmen SSR
The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Turkmenistan, the Turkmen SSR, TuSSR, Turkmenistan, or Turkmenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union located in Soviet Central Asia, ...
government after Mary dissolved in January 1963.
In December 1970, Murgap joined Mary again, where it stays until this day.
Administrative Subdivisions
* Cities (şäherler)
**
Murgap
* Towns (şäherçeler)
**
Deňizhan (''inc.'' Kiçi Hanhowuz, Sähra)
**
Oguzhan
* Village councils (geňeşlikler)
** Azatlyk (Köşk)
** Birleşik (Birleşik)
** Çäçdepe (Çäçdepe)
** Çöňür (Çöňür, Arygoba, Täzeoba)
** Dostluk (Dostluk)
** Deňizhan (Deňizhan, Agzybirlik)
** Galkynyş (Çemçedepe)
** Gatyýap (Gatyýap, Suhtyýap)
** Gowşutbent (Penjiwar, Akýer, Garaşsyzlyk, Bentlioba)
** Gökdepe (Gökdepe, Amaşaýap)
** G. (Gylyçdurdy) Sähetmyradow adyndaky (G.Sähetmyradow adyndaky)
** H. (Hyrslan) Jumaýew adyndaky (H.Jumaýew adyndaky)
** Miras (Gowkuzereň)
** Mülkýazy (Mülkýazy, Gökleň, Gülperi)
** Rowaçlyk (Rowaçlyk, Amaşa)
** Suhty (Suhty, Goşaköpri, Mülkaman, Birleşik)
** Şordepe (Şordepe, Meýletinlik, Ýagtylyk
** Watan (Daşaýak, Watan)
** Ylham (Gojukkölýap)
References
Districts of Turkmenistan
Mary Region
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