Tejen District is a district of
Ahal Province
Ahal Region (; from , also ) is one of five provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 886,845 (2022 census).''Statistical Yearbook ...
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 ...
.
Turkmenistan Districts
/ref> It covers an area of 12,000 km2 with an estimated 180,000 people in 2022. The main city is Tejen
Tejen (older spellings: Tedzhen, Tejend, Tejent) is an oasis city in the Karakum Desert, in Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It lies along the M37 highway, between Dushak and Mary, by road southeast of Ashgabat. It has a population of approxima ...
, located near the Hanhowuz Reservoir
Hanhowuz, also known as Khauz-Khan, is a reservoir in Ahal Province of southeastern Turkmenistan. The M37 highway passes nearby and the town of Denizhan (formerly called Hanhowuz) stands on the northwestern shore, with the city of Tejen not too ...
. The main highway is the M37 highway. Berdi Kerbabayev
Berdi Muradovich Kerbabayev (; ; 3 March 1894 – 3 March 1974) was a Soviet and Turkmen writer, the national writer of the Turkmen SSR, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR and a member of the Communist Party of the So ...
was born in this district.
History
Tejen District was established in January 1925. On January 5, 2018, a part of Altyn Asyr Etrap was annexed to this region.
Administrative Subdivisions
* Cities (şäherler)
**Tejen
Tejen (older spellings: Tedzhen, Tejend, Tejent) is an oasis city in the Karakum Desert, in Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. It lies along the M37 highway, between Dushak and Mary, by road southeast of Ashgabat. It has a population of approxima ...
** Altyn Asyr
* Towns (şäherçeler)
** Bagtyýarlyk (Formerly Berkarar)
* Village councils (geňeşlikler)
** Täzeoba (Türkmenistan)
** Adalat (Adalat, Akmolla, Ajyköl, Böwrideşik, Mürzeçyrla)
** Agalaň (Ezizhan)
** Birleşik (Birleşik)
** Bitaraplyk (Bitaraplyk, Gowkyzereň pagta bazasy)
** B. Kerbabaýew adyndaky (B. Kerbabaýew adyndaky)
** Döwletli (Döwletli)
** Garaşsyzlyk (Garaşsyzlyk, Takyr, 74-nji duralga)
** Garryçyrla (Garryçyrla)
** Göniamaşa (Göniamaşa)
** Gurban Durdy (Gurban Durdy adyndaky)
** Zaman (Zaman, Seleňli, Serdar)
** Waharman (Waharman, Lukman, Ak altyn, Bugdaýly, Maldarçylyk)
References
Districts of Turkmenistan
Ahal Region
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