Districts of Turkmenistan
sub-provincial administrative division of Turkmenistan
An etrap, often translated as "district," is the second-level administrative division of Turkmenistan. In terms of hierarchy, an etrap is situated below a welaýat (province). An etrap may include several cities (in turkmen: "şäher" / pl. "şäherler"), towns ("şäherçe" / pl. "şäherçeler") and rural councils ("geňeşlik" / pl. "geňeşlikler") which include villages ("oba" / "pl. obalar"). An etrap is headed by an häkim (translated as "governor" in the case of a district, but translated as "mayor" in the case of a city, a town or a borough); they are appointed by the President of Turkmenistan (Constitution of Turkmenistan, Articles 80-81).
Some districts may not fit in the hierarchy expressed before, those are the following ones:
Aşgabat, which is the only city to lawfully act as a province, is divided into four etraplar (here translated as "borough").
7 cities act lawfully as districts of their own.
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