List of cities in Turkmenistan

This is a list of cities in Turkmenistan. For a full list of settlements see the list of cities, towns and villages in Turkmenistan.

Map of Turkmenistan

Which municipalities are categorized as "cities" is established by law in Turkmenistan. Cities fall into three categories: one city equivalent to a province (the capital city, Ashgabat), cities "equivalent to a district" (Turkmen: etrap hukukly), and cities "in a district" (Turkmen: etrapdaky). By law cities equivalent to a district must have a population of more than 30,000 and must be either a provincial capital or be one of the economic, cultural and administrative centers in its province. Cities "in a district" are subordinated to the district (etrap) government and are administered jointly. By law they must have a population of more than 8,000, and must possess industrial enterprises, construction and transport organizations, utilities, municipally owned housing stock, socio-cultural institutions, trade and social services.^[1][2] The government maintains a list of municipalities broken out by category, but publishes this list irregularly, and does not post it online. An authoritative list of Turkmenistan's municipalities based on published official Turkmen decrees and laws is on the OpenStreetMap wiki.^[3] The most recent published version of the list was released in 2012.^[4]

Districts and cities with district status are headed by a presidentially appointed häkim (district governor or city mayor). Three cities in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Arkadag, and Turkmenbashy, are further subdivided into boroughs with district status, each with its häkim. Cities "in a district" and towns are headed by an elected council (Turkmen: geňeş) chaired by an arçyn, who serves as both council chair and mayor.^[1][2]

List

Municipalities designated as cities

Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan.

Türkmenabat

Mary

Türkmenbaşy

Bereket

Unless otherwise annotated, population figures are as of 2010 (estimate). Provincial capitals are bolded. Cities with district status are italicized.

Nº	City	Population	Province
1	Ashgabat	823,000 (2018)[5]	national capital region
2	Türkmenabat[6]	279,765	Lebap
3	Daşoguz	245,872	Daşoguz
4	Mary	126,141	Mary
5	Balkanabat	120,800	Balkan
6	Gyzylarbat[7]	93,692	Balkan
7	Baýramaly	91,713	Mary
8	Tejen	79,324	Ahal
9	Türkmenbaşy[8]	73,803	Balkan
10	Magdanly[9]	68,133	Lebap
11	Arkadag[10]	64,086 (2022)[11]	Ahal
12	Kerki[12]	39,602	Lebap
13	Ýolöten	38,936	Mary
14	Konye-Urgench	35,386	Daşoguz
15	Anau	30,042	Ahal
16	Andalyp[13]	27,451	Daşoguz
17	Bäherden	25,065	Ahal
18	Gazojak	25,043	Lebap
19	Bereket[14]	23,762	Balkan
20	Boldumsaz	23,728	Daşoguz
21	Gökdepe	21,465	Ahal
22	Hojambaz	21,454	Lebap
23	Saýat	21,160	Lebap
24	Seýdi	21,160	Lebap
25	Kaka	20,218	Ahal
26	Görogly	18,660	Daşoguz
27	Farap	17,277	Lebap
28	Gubadag	17,118	Daşoguz
29	Akdepe	15,898	Daşoguz
30	Murgap	15,724	Mary
31	Serhetabat[15]	15,713	Mary
32	Sarahs	9,585	Ahal
33	Köýtendag[16]	8,654	Lebap
34	Magtymguly (city)[17]	8,412	Balkan
35	Dänew[18]	7,932 (1989)[19]	Lebap
36	Shabat[20]	7,291	Daşoguz
37	Darganata[21]	7,212 (1989)[19]	Lebap
38	Babadaýhan[22]	7,130 (1989)[19]	Ahal
39	Şatlyk	7,000 (2011)	Mary
40	Garabogaz[23]	6,895 (1989)[19]	Balkan
41	Etrek[24]	6,855 (1989)[19]	Balkan
42	Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky[25]	6,770	Daşoguz
43	Türkmengala	6,465 (1989)[19]	Mary
44	Esenguly	5,823 (1989)[19]	Balkan
45	Garabekewül[26]	5,509 (1989)[19]	Lebap
46	Halaç	5,101 (1989)[19]	Lebap
47	Dostluk[27]	4,534 (1989)[19]	Lebap

Changes in 2022

The former cities of Gumdag and Hazar were downgraded to town status in November 2022, and thus have been removed from this list.^[28] The cities previously named Gurbansoltan Eje adyndaky, Nyýazow, and Serdar were renamed Andalyp, Shabat, and Gyzylarbat, respectively.^[28] The new city of Arkadag was formally incorporated on 20 December 2022 by act of the Turkmen parliament.^[10]

See also

• Districts of Turkmenistan
• List of renamed cities in Turkmenistan
• List of cities, towns and villages in Turkmenistan
• OpenStreetMap: Turkmenistan Geoname Changes
• OpenStreetMap: Districts in Turkmenistan (authoritative list of all municipal structures as of 5 January 2018)