(Regions only): 139,270 km2 (53,772 sq mi) (Balkan) – 97,160 km2 (37,513 sq mi) (Ahal)
Government
Region government, Government of Turkmenistan
Subdivisions
District
Politics of Turkmenistan
Constitution
People's Council
Chairperson: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
President
Serdar Berdimuhamedow
Cabinet
Assembly
Speaker: Dünýägözel Gulmanowa
State Security Council
Political parties
Agrarian Party
Democratic Party
Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Recent elections
Presidential: 2012
2017
2022
Parliamentary: 2018
2021
2023
Administrative divisions
Region
Districts
Cities
Foreign relations
Visa policy
Human rights
Ruhnama
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Turkmenistan is divided into five regions, or welaýatlar (singular welaýat) and one capital city (şäher) with provincial legal status. They are Ahal, Balkan, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary, plus the capital city of Ashgabat. Each province is divided into districts. As of 20 December 2022 there were 37 districts (Turkmen: etraplar, singular etrap), 49 cities (Turkmen: şäherler, singular şäher), including 7 cities with district status (Turkmen: etrap hukukly), 68 towns (Turkmen: şäherçeler, singular şäherçe), 469 rural councils (rural municipal units, Turkmen: geňeşlikler, singular geňeşlik) and 1690 villages (rural settlements Turkmen: oba ilatly ýerler) in Turkmenistan.[1][2][3]
^"Türkmenistanyň sebitler boýunça administratiw-çäkleýin bölünişi" (in Turkmen). Turkmenistan State Statistics Committee.
^"Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.
^"Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана об отнесении к категории города нового современного административного центра Ахалского велаята и присвоении ему наименования" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 21 December 2022.
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