Serhetabat District (formerly Guşgy District) is 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
Mary Province
Mary Region ( tk, Mary welaýaty, Мары велаяты) is one of five provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary. Its area is and population 1,480,400 ( ...
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 is the town of
Gushgy.
History
Founded as the district of Kushkinsky in April 1930, it was abolished in June 1937. Kushkinsky only gets restored 40 years later, in July 1977, as part of the region of Mary. Its named was first Turkmenized in 1992 as Guşgy before having its current name, Serhetabat.
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Districts of Turkmenistan
Mary Region