Lebap Province

Lebap Province (Turkmen: Lebap welaýaty from the Persian لباب Lobāb) is one of the provinces (welayat) of Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast of the country, bordering Uzbekistan along the Amu Darya. Its capital is Türkmenabat (formerly named Çärjew). It has an area of 93,730 square kilometers, and a population of 1,334,500 people (2005 est.).[1]

It contains the Repetek Nature Reserve and the Köýtendag Nature Reserve, which has Turkmenistan's highest mountain, Aýrybaba (3137 meters).

Both Turkmen citizens and foreigners require special permission to visit parts of the province bordering Uzbekistan, as the government regards the border district as a "closed" border zone.

Districts

Lebap Province is divided into 16 districts (etraplar; singular etrap) and 3 cities (il).[2][3] Name changes since 1995 are shown in parentheses:

References

  1. ^ Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004, National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005.
  2. ^ Лебапский Велаят
  3. ^ Turkmenistan Districts
  4. ^ Dovletli: a new etrap in Lebap Province (Russian). Retrieved on 24 January 2009.
  5. ^ Presidential resolution on Dovleti Etrap, 29 August 2007. Retrieved on 24 January 2009.

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