Lebap Province

Lebap Province ( frae the Persian لباب Lobāb) is ane o the provinces (welayat) o Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast o the kintra, borderin Uzbekistan alang the Amu Darya. Its caipital is Türkmenabat (umwhile named Çärjew). It haes an aurie o 93,730 square kilometers, an a population o 1,334,500 fowk (2005 est.).Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004, National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005.

It contains the Repetek Nature Reserve an the Köýtendag Nature Reserve, which haes Turkmenistan's heichest muntain, Aýrybaba (3137 meters).

Baith Turkmen citizens an foreigners require special permission tae visit pairts o the province borderin Uzbekistan, as the govrenment regards the border destrict as a "closed" border zone.

Destricts
Lebap Province is dividit intae 16 destricts (etraplar; singular etrap) an 3 ceeties (il).Turkmenistan Districts Name chynges syne 1995 are shown in parentheses:

Destricts
Atamyrat Destrict (umwhile Kerki Destrict)
Beýik Türkmenbaşy Destrict (umwhile Saparmyrat Nyýazow Destrict)
Birata Destrict (umwhile Darganata Destrict)
Dovletli Destrict (creatit in August 2007)Dovletli: a new etrap in Lebap Province  . Retrieved on 24 January 2009.Presidential resolution on Dovleti Etrap , 29 August 2007. Retrieved on 24 January 2009.
Farap Destrict
Galkynyş Destrict (umwhile Dänew Destrict)
Garabekewül Destrict
Garaşsyzlyk Destrict (formerly Boýnyuzyn Destrict)
Halaç Destrict
Hojambaz Destrict
Köýtendag Destrict (formerly Çarşaňňy Destrict)
Magdanly Destrict
Sakar Destrict
Saýat Destrict
Serdarabat Destrict (umwhile Türkmenabat/Çärjew Destrict)
Seýdi Destrict

Ceeties
Magdanly Ceety (umwhile Gowurdak)
Seýdi Ceety
Türkmenabat Ceety (formerly Çärjew)

References

Freemit airtins
- Lebap 


Category:Provinces o Turkmenistan