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A şäher, translated as "city," is the most important form of third-level administrative division of Turkmenistan. In theory, a şäher should be more populated than a şäherçe ("town") or a geňeşlik ("rural councils"). In some cases, a şäher may include towns or villages ("oba" / pl. "obalar") within its boudaries.
In Turkmenistan, municipalities with a city status are established by law. Cities fall into three categories:
- Cities equivalent to a province, a status claimed by Aşgabat only.
- Cities with a district status, "etrap hukukly." Those cities must have a population over 30,000 and fulfill an administrative, an economic or a cultural role within its province. There are 7 of them.
- Cities within a district. Those cities must have a population over 8,000 and possess some of the following actors or structures: Industrial enterprises, construction and transport organizations, utilities, municipally-owned housing stock, socio-cultural institutions, trade and social services.[1][2] There are 44 of them.
Cities with district status, along with regular districts, are headed by a presidentially appointed häkim, translated as "governor" or "mayor" in the case of a city. Three cities in Turkmenistan, Aşgabat, Arkadag, and Turkmenbaşy, are further subdivided into boroughs with district status, each of them having its own häkim. Cities within a district are subordinated to the district's intitutions and are administered jointly. Those cities are headed by a geňeş, an elected council chaired by an arçyn ("elder") who serves as both chairman and mayor.[1][2]
List
Municipalities designated as cities
Here is a list of the 51 municipalities designated as cities by law in Turkmenistan arranged by administrative divisions and alphabetical order as of December 20, 2022. Cities with district status are bolded.
Changes in 2022
The former cities of Gumdag and Hazar were downgraded to town status in November 2022, and thus have been removed from this list.[23] The cities previously named Gurbansoltan Eje adyndaky, Nyýazow, and Serdar were renamed Andalyp, Şabat, and Gyzylarbat respectively.[23] The new city of Arkadag was formally incorporated on 20 December 2022 by act of the Turkmen parliament.[3]
See also
- Districts of Turkmenistan
- Towns of Turkmenistan
- List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan
- List of cities, towns and villages in Turkmenistan
- OpenStreetMap: Turkmenistan Geoname Changes
- OpenStreetMap: Districts in Turkmenistan (authoritative list of all municipal structures as of 5 January 2018)
Notes and references
- ^ a b "Turkmenistan § Administrative_Structure". Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ a b Çaryýew, B.; Ilamanow, Ýa. (2010). Türkmenistanyň Geografiýasy. Ashgabat: Türkmenistanyň Bilim Ministrligi.
- ^ a b "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана об отнесении к категории города нового современного административного центра Ахалского велаята и присвоении ему наименования" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 21 December 2022.
- ^ formerly Kirovsk
- ^ formerly Gazanjyk or Gazandzhyk
- ^ formerly Gyzyletrek
- ^ formerly Bekdash
- ^ from 1999 to 2022 Serdar
- ^ formerly Garrygala
- ^ formerly Krasnovodsk
- ^ formerly Gurbansoltan eje adyndaky, Ýylanly
- ^ formerly Oktyabrsk
- ^ formerly Nyýazow, Täzebazar
- ^ formerly Galkynyş
- ^ formerly Birata
- ^ formerly Yuzhnyy
- ^ formerly Karabekaul
- ^ formerly Atamyrat
- ^ formerly Çarşaňňy
- ^ formerly Gowurdak
- ^ formerly Çärjew
- ^ formerly Guşgy
- ^ a b "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.
External links
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