Baýramaly 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, municip ...
of
Mary Province
Mary Region () is one of five regions of Turkmenistan, provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary, Turkmenistan, Mary. Its area is and population 1,613,386 (2 ...
in
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
. The administrative center of the district is the town of
Baýramaly.
Formed in 1925, it came under direct control of the central government of the Turkmen SSR in Ashgabat after the region of Merv was abolished in 1926; control was then transferred to the newly-formed regional government of Mary Region in November 1939.
December 12, 1957 saw the absorption of the district of Vekil-Bazar into this district.
[
Bulletin of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. No. 2 (897), 1958]
It came under direct control of the central government for the second time in 1963 when the past Mary Region was abolished; control by the regional government only resumed in 1970, when Mary Region gets restored.
In August 1988, this district was abolished, only for it to be restored in 1992 and became what is it today.
Administrative Subdivisions
* Cities (şäherler)
** N/A
** ''(
Baýramaly, while not being part of the district, is its administrative centre)''
* Towns (şäherçeler)
**
Bagtyýarlyk (Formerly ''Ücajy'')
**
Berkarar
**
Mekan
* Village councils (geňeşlikler)
** Agaýusup adyndaky (Şöhrat, Daýhan, Döwletli)
** Azat (Azat, Dogryýap, Harazly, Pagtasaraý, Türkmenistan)
** Bagt (Bagt, Kenar, Çöplidepe, Täzegüýç)
** Bahar (Bahar, Baglyoba)
** Beýikköpri (Beýikköpri, Depgin, Düýeçöken, Kanal, Odunçy)
** Erkana (Erkana, Göksuw)
** Gadyrýap (Gadyrýap, Çepekýap, Erikli, Galkynyş)
** Gatakar (Aryk, Görelde, Mülk, Türkmen Goşun)
** Guşlyoba (Guşlyoba, Gutlamgala, Gurbangala, Çöpli)
** Hangala (Garaýörme)
** Höwesli (Höwesli, Kyrkdepe)
** Merw (Merw, Gäwürgala)
** Murgap (Murgap, Ylham, Tutly)
** Ýalkym (Ýalkym, Bereket, Rafsanjani, Şereket, Täzeoba, Tokaýly, Uçgun, Ýaýlak. Ýylgynly)
References
Districts of Turkmenistan
Mary Region
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