Daşoguz Region

Daşoguz

Dashoguz
Daşhowuz (Dashhovuz)
Tashauz
Daşoguz Dashoguz; Daşhowuz (Dashhovuz); Tashauz
Region
	Daşoguz region in Turkmenistan
Country	Turkmenistan
Capital	Daşoguz
Area
• Total	73,430 km2 (28,350 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	1,370,400
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Website	dashoguz.gov.tm

Coordinates: 41°0′N 58°30′E / 41.000°N 58.500°E / 41.000; 58.500

Daşoguz Region (Turkmen: Daşoguz welaýaty / Дашогуз велаяты, formerly Daşhowuz) is one of the regions of Turkmenistan. It is in the north of the country, bordering Uzbekistan. The area of the province is 73,430 square kilometers, and the total population is 1,370,400 (2005 est.).^[1] The capital is Daşoguz (Дашогуз).

The region is mostly desert, and is experiencing severe environmental degradation as a result of the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe. Increased soil salinity has ruined thousands of square kilometers of farmland.

The region contains the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Köneürgenç^{[citation needed]} and the archaeological site, Butentau.^[2]^[3]

Administrative subdivisions[]

Districts[]

As of January 1, 2017, Dashoguz Province (Daşoguz welaýaty) is subdivided into 9 districts (etrap, plural etraplar):^[4]^[5]^[6]

Akdepe
Boldumsaz
Görogly (formerly Tagta)
Gubadag
Gurbansoltan Eje (formerly Ýylanly)
Köneurgenç
Ruhubelent
S.A. Nyýazow (formerly Dashoguz/Dashowuz)
Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy^[5]^[6]^[7]

Municipalities[]

As of January 1, 2017, the province includes 9 cities (города or şäherler), 1 town (посёлок or şäherçe), 134 rural or village councils (сельские советы or geňeşlikler), and 612 villages (села, сельские населенные пункты or obalar).^[4]^[5]

In the list below, cities with "district status" are bolded:

Akdepe
Boldumsaz
Dashoguz
Görogly
Gubadag
Gurbansoltan Eje
Köneurgenç
S.A. Nyýazow
Saparmyrat Nyýazow

Economy[]

Agriculture[]

Daşoguz Province: area and production of selected crops, 2017-2019^[8]
	area, thousand hectares			production, thousand tonnes
	2017	2018	2019	2017	2018	2019
Cereals and legumes	189.5	167.1	167.6	333.3	279.5	359.7
Cotton	140.7	141.3	141.1	231.9	230.2	244.5
Vegetables	7.4	7.2	7.8	197.1	198.3	199.9

Industry[]

Daşoguz Province: Production of selected industrial goods and processed foods, 2017-2019^[9]
	2017	2018	2019
Electricity, million kwh	1,592.4	1,480.4	1,481.6
Bricks, million	79.5	81.9	87.2
Cotton lint, thousand tonnes	67.7	53.5	62.1
Cotton yarn, thousand tonnes	13.0	11.2	12.3
Unrefined vegetable oil, thousand tonnes	16.2	14.9	12.8
Flour, thousand tonnes	138.1	135.8	140.4

References[]

^ Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004, National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005.
^ Brummell, Paul (2005). Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 180–181. ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9.
^ Bizhanov, E. B.; (2003). "Arkheologicheskii Compleks Butentau" [Archaeological Complex of Butentau]. Arkheologia Priaral'ya. 6: 32–59.
^ ^a ^b Türkmenistanyň Mejlisi (2010–2018). "Türkmenistanyň dolandyryş-çäk birlikleriniň Sanawy". Türkmenistanyş Mejlisiniň Karary. Ashgabat. This document is reproduced online at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Districts_in_Turkmenistan.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Административно-территориальное деление Туркменистана по регионам по состоянию на 1 января 2017 года". Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ ^a ^b "Изменения в административно-территориальном делении Дашогузского велаята (Changes in the Administrative-Territorial Division of Dashoguz Province)". 17 June 2016.
^ "Map of Districts (Etraplar) of Dashoguz Province]".
^ Türkmenistanyň Ýyllyk Statistik Neşiri 2019 Ýyl (in Turkmen, Russian, and English). Ashgabat: State Committee of Statistics of Turkmenistan. 2020. p. 67.
^ Türkmenistanyň Ýyllyk Statistik Neşiri 2019 Ýyl (in Turkmen, Russian, and English). Ashgabat: State Committee of Statistics of Turkmenistan. 2020. p. 47.