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, municip ...
of
Lebap Province
Lebap Region () is one of the regions of Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan, Uzbekistan along the Amu Darya. Its administrative centre is Türkmenabat (formerly named Çärjew). It has an area of 93,727 s ...
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 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 , , , ) is a Turkic language of the Oghuz branch spoken by the Turkmens of Central Asia. It has an estimated 4.7 million native speakers in Turkmenistan (where it is the official language), and a further 359,000 speakers i ...
.
References
Districts of Turkmenistan
Lebap Region
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