Garaşsyzlyk District (renamed from Boýnyuzyn District on 18 February 2001 by Parliamentary Resolution HM-69) was a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of
Lebap Province
Lebap Region ( tk, Lebap welaýaty/Лебап велаяты from the Persian language, Persian ''Lab-e āb'') is one of the regions of Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan, Uzbekistan along the Amu Darya ...
in
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
. The administrative center of the district was the town of
Boýnyuzyn. The district was abolished and absorbed into
Dänew District on 25 November 2017, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 679-V.
Etymology
The word ''garaşsyzlyk'' means "independence" in the
Turkmen language
Turkmen (, , , or , , , ), sometimes referred to as "Turkmen Turkic" or "Turkmen Turkish", is a Turkic language spoken by the Turkmens of Central Asia, mainly of Turkmenistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. It has an estimated 5 million native speake ...
.
References
Districts of Turkmenistan
Lebap Region
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