Lebap Region


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 capital is Türkmenabat. It has an area of 93,730 square kilometers, and a population of 1,334,500 people.
The name Lebap is Turkmenized form of the Persian Lab-e āb which means "riverside" and has long been used to designate the middle reaches of the Amu Darya river.
It contains the Repetek Nature Reserve and the Köýtendag Nature Reserve, which has Turkmenistan's highest mountain, Aýrybaba.
Region is located alongside of Amuderya river, Gyzylgum desert is located east side of river and Garagum desert is located west side of river. Thanks to sunny whether and abundance of water resources state produced one of the highest quality cotton and wheat in the world.
Region is also rich for its natural resources such as natural gas and other mines. China-Turkmenistan gas-pipeline started from this region. Lebap Regions Bagtiyarlik natural gas field is main supplier of Chinese natural gas.

Districts

As of November 27, 2017, Lebap Province is subdivided into 10 districts :
  1. Çarjew
  2. Darganata
  3. Dänew
  4. Döwletli
  5. Farap
  6. Halaç
  7. Hojambaz
  8. Kerki
  9. Köýtendag
  10. Saýat
  11. Sakar
As of that date, four districts were abolished and their territories absorbed by other districts.
As of January 1, 2017, the province included 15 cities, 23 towns, 106 rural or village councils, and 430 villages.