Babadaýhan District

Babadaýhan District (Turkmen: Babadaýhan etraby, Бабадайхан этрабы) is a district of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan.^[3][4] From the Soviet period until 1992, the settlement was named in honor of Sergei Kirov. On 26 June 1992, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 729-XII, Kirov District and its capital were renamed Babadaýhan.

Babadaýhan District Kirov, (Cyrillic Киров) ????-1992
District
Babadaýhan etraby Cyrillic Бабадайхан этрабы
Coordinates: 37°41′31″N 60°23′36″E
Country	Turkmenistan
Province	Ahal Province
Capital	Babadaýhan
Government
• häkim	Muhammetmyrat Amangeldiýewiç Garaýew[1]
Area
• Total	14,400 km2 (5,600 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[2]
• Total	97,312
• Density	6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5

The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.^[5] As an Iranian mythological figure, Bābā-ye Dehqān is believed to be the first man and the first farmer who taught his profession to mankind through a chain of his successors.^[6]

Administrative Subdivisions

• Cities (şäherler)
  • Babadaýhan
• Towns (şäherçeler)
  • N/A
• Village councils (geňeşlikler)
  • Ak altyn (Ak altyn)
  • Akwekil (Akwekil, Çili)
  • Babadaýhan (Babadaýhan)
  • Garawekil (Garawekil, Garajaowlak)
  • Hasyl (Hasyl)
  • Täzeýol (Täzeýol, Götin)
  • Ýarygökje (Ýarygökje)
  • Zähmet (Zähmet, Alty Garlyýew adyndaky, Mamur)