Daşoguz Province

Daşoguz Province () (umwhile Daşhowuz / Дашховуз) is ane o the welayat (provinces) o Turkmenistan.  It is in the north o the kintra, borderin Uzbekistan. The aurie o the province is 73,430 square kilometers, an the total population is 1,370,400 (2005 est.).Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004, National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005.  The caipital is Daşoguz (Дашогуз). 

The province is maistly desert, an is experiencin severe environmental degradation as a result o the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe. Increased soil salinity haes ruined thoosans o square kilometers o fermland.

The province contains the UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid o Köneürgenç.  

Baith Turkmen citizens an foreigners require special permission tae visit the province, as the govrenment regards it as a "closed" border zone.

Destricts
Daşoguz Province is admeenistratively dividit intae 8 destricts (etraplar; singular etrap) an 2 ceeties (il).Turkmenistan Districts Name changes since 1995 are shown in parentheses:

Daşoguz Ceety (umwhile Daşhowuz)
Köneürgenç Ceety (umwhile Kunya Urgench) – grantit etrap status on 3 Februar 2008
Akdepe Destrict
Boldumsaz Destrict
Görogly Destrict (umwhile Tagta)
Gubadag Destrict
Gurbansoltan Eje Destrict (umwhile Ýylanly)
Köneürgenç Destrict
Saparmyrat Nyýazow Destrict (umwhile Daşoguz/Daşhowuz etrap)
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy Destrict

References


Category:Provinces o Turkmenistan