Sakarçäge 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
Sakarçäge.
Founded in December 1938 as Sakarçäge, it moved to
Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a female given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religion
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blesse ...
at November 1939. Sakarçäge was abolished in January 1963, but the following year it was restored in direct submission to the
Turkmen SSR
The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Turkmenistan, the Turkmen SSR, TuSSR, Turkmenistan, or Turkmenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union located in Soviet Central Asia, ...
government. In December 1970, it rejoined Mary, where it was in place until this day.
Administrative Subdivisions
* Cities (şäherler)
**
Sakarçäge
**
Şatlyk
Şatlyk is a city in Sakarçäge District, Mary Region, Turkmenistan.
Etymology
Prior to 1971 the settlement was known as Şehitli. The word ''şehit'' in Turkmen means "martyr" or "someone who dies an untimely death", but the reference is obsc ...
* Towns (şäherçeler)
**
Döwletli zaman
**
Parahat
* Village councils (geňeşlikler)
** Altyn zaman (Lälezar)
** Agzybir (Arkadag, Agzybir)
** Akýap (Akýap, Çetili)
** Bereket (Bereket)
**
Çaşgyn (Çaşgyn)
** Çerkezköl (Çerkezköl)
** Daýhan (Dogryýol, Alajagöz)
** Garaýap (Garaýap)
** Gökhan (Gökhan, Aýhan, Daghan, Günhan)
** Gorgangala (Bagşy)
** Görelde (Görelde, Aýnaköl)
** Gumgüzer (Gumgüzer, Dörtguýy, Garybata)
** Gülüstan (Hakykat, Gülüstan)
** Gyzylgum (Böri, D. (Daňatar) Sähedow adyndaky, Gyzylgum, Mawyteber)
** Hojadepe (Hojadepe)
** Keseýap (Keseýap)
** Merdana (Azatlyk)
** Sakarçäge (Düýedarçylyk, Gökgümmez)
** Soltanyz (Soltanyz, Kyrköýli)
** Söýünsary (Söýünsary)
** Ýyldyzhan (Ýyldyzhan)
References
Districts of Turkmenistan
Mary Region
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