Turkmenistan (TM) Mary Province

Image: The Karakum canal, depicted here at Wekilbazar, carries the waters of the Amu Darya to the Mary oasis, an ancient center of Turkic civilization. It continues far to the west past Ashgabat to Atrek on the Iranian border, extending a distance of 1 375 kilometers and carrying an annual volume of 13 trillion liters. Construction began on the canal from the Amu Darya in 1954 and reached Mary in 1959, Tejen in 1960, Ashgabat in 1962, and Gökdepe in 1967. Work on further extensions continued until 1988.

Summary

Mary is a city with a population of 180 000. The major towns of Baýramaly (50 000), Ýolöten (35 000), Sakarçäge (30 000), Türkmengala (25 000), and Tagtabazar (20 000) are also in the province.

Detailed Analysis

Mary Province (Mary welaýaty) has an area of 86 800 km² and a population of about 1.2 million (2004 estimate). It is divided into 1 city, Baýramaly (56 356 as Bayram-Ali in 1989 census), and 11 districts: Baýramaly, Garagum (90 571 as Karakumskiy region in 1989), Mary (99 052 in city and 95 412 in Maryskiy region in 1989), Murgap (79 768 as Murgabskiy region in 1989), Oguzhan (17 578 as Parkhatskiy region in 1989), Sakarçäge (79 079 as Sakar-Chaginskiy region in 1989), Serhetabat, Tagtabazar, Türkmengala (62 871 as Turkmen-Kalinskiy region in 1989), Wekilbazar (88 362 as Vekil'-Bazarskiy region in 1989), and Ýolöten (74 736 as Iolotanskiy region in 1989). In 1989, Serhetabat and Tagtabazar districts were reported as Takhta-Bazarskiy region (70 326). The 1989 census population of Mary Province was 814 111.

Mary oasis:

Lenin-Yoly (Ленин-Ёлы) has an area of 2.6 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Beriket (Берикет) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Bol'shevik (Большевик) has an area of 3.4 km² and an estimated population of 9 000.
Kommunizm (Коммунизм) has an area of 4.1 km² and an estimated population of 10 000.
Voroshilova (Борошилова) has an area of 2.2 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Yalkym (Ялкым) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Leningrad (Ленинград) has an area of 4.3 km² and an estimated population of 11 000.
Andreyeva (Андреева) has an area of 4.0 km² and an estimated population of 10 000.
Lenina (Ленина) has an area of 2.5 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Chkalova (Чкалова) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Kalinina (Калинина) has an area of 2.4 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Kirova (Кирова) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 4 500.
Oktyabr' (Октябрь) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Peshanali (Пешанали) has an area of 2.2 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Chorlak-Yab (Чорлак-Яб) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Sovet Turkmenistana (Совет Туркменистана) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Krasnyy Mukomol (Красный Мукомол) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Sakarçäge (4 360 as Sakar-Chaga in 1989 census) has an area of 11.5 km² and an estimated population of 30 000.
Shatlyk (Шатлык, 4 840 in 1989 census) in Oguzhan district has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Kuybysheva (Куйбышева) has an area of 3.2 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Krasnaya Nit' (Красная Нить) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Gyorel'deyarysh (Гёрелдеярыш) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Donator-Sakhatova (Донатор-Сахатова) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Poltoratskovo (Полторацкого) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 4 500.
Vas'maya Marta (8 Марта) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Sovet (Совет) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Leninizm (Ленинизм) has an area of 2.7 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Ashkhabad (Ашхабад) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Egriguzar (Эгригузар) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
An unidentified urban area 9 km N of Mary has an area of 2.7 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Zarpchi (Зарпчи) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Medeniyot (Медениёт) has an area of 2.5 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Kalinina (Калинина) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Kirova (Кирова) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Mary (92 290 in 1989 census) has an area of 50 km² and an estimated population of 180 000.
Mukhadova Nomer Pervyy (Бриг. No. 1. Мухадова) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Kalinina (Калинина) has an area of 3.2 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Pobeda (Победа) has an area of 2.2 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Mary--Energetik (Энергетик, 6 762 in 1989 census) has an area of 3.8 km² and an estimated population of 14 000.
Teze-Durmush (Тезе-Дурмуш) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Mary--Thermoelectric Power Station, a power plant, has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of zero.
Lenina (Ленина) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
An unidentified urban area 5.5 km NE of Wekilbazar has an area of 3.2 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Mollanepesa (Молланепеса) has an area of 2.1 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Leningrad (Ленинград) has an area of 2.1 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Wekilbazar (5 786 as Imeni Poltoratskovo in 1989 census) has an area of 3.2 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Dogriyol (Догриёл) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Bol'shevik (Большевик) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Kommunist (Коммунист) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Teze-Durmush (Тезе-Дурмуш) has an area of 3.1 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Mollanepesa (Молланепеса) has an area of 3.1 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Kyzyl-Oktyabr' (Кызыл-Октябрь) has an area of 2.5 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Karla Marksa (Карла Маркса) has an area of 3.9 km² and an estimated population of 10 000.
Kommunizm (Коммунизм) has an area of 5.5 km² and an estimated population of 14 000.
Moskva (Москва) has an area of 2.5 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Lenina (Ленина) has an area of 4.3 km² and an estimated population of 11 000.
Murgap (7 637 as Murgab in 1989 census) in Murgap district has an area of 3.9 km² and an estimated population of 14 000.
Khalym (Халым) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Komsomol (Комсомол) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Kalinina (Калинина) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Yagtylyk (Ягтылык) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Shordepe (Шордепе) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Sevdager (Севдагер) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Karamurad (Карамурад) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Kirova (Кирова) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Yagty-Yol (Ягты-Ёл) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Moskva (Москва) has an area of 3.3 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Kalinina (Калинина) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Put' k Sotsializmu (Путь к Социализму) has an area of 2.5 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
An unidentified urban area 4 km E of Baýramaly has an area of 2.1 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Baýramaly (43 824 in 1989 census) in Baýramaly district has an area of 7.8 km² and an estimated population of 50 000.
Lenina (Ленина) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Leningrad (Ленинград) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Bol'shevik (Большевик) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Orak-Chekich (Орак-Чекич) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Teze-Yol (Тезе-Ёл) has an area of 2.4 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Lenina (Ленина) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Kommunizm (Коммунизм) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Dvadtsat' Vtorovo Parts"yezda (XXII Партсъезда) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Teze-Yol (Тезе-Ёл) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Pobeda (Победа) has an area of 3.2 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Komsomol (Комсомол) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Türkmengala (6 465 as Turkmen-Kala in 1989 census) in Türkmengala district has an area of 8.9 km² and an estimated population of 25 000.
Zakhmet (Захмет, 3 041 in 1989 census) in Türkmengala district has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Sovkhoz Zakhmet (Совхоз Захмет) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Zakhmet Nomer Pervyy (отд. No. 1 свх. Захмет) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Zhdanova (Жданова) has an area of 2.1 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Kuybysheva (Куйбышева) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Karla Marksa (Карла Маркса) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
An unidentified urban area 19 km NW of Ýolöten has an area of 1.5 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
An unidentified urban area 13 km NW of Ýolöten has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
An unidentified urban area 12 km NW of Ýolöten has an area of 1.5 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Kommunist (Коммунист) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Moskva (Москва) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.
Akgyuzer (Акгюзер) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Sytdykh (Сытдых) has an area of 2.7 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Changybent (Чангыбент) has an area of 1.6 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Ýolöten (18 644 in 1989 census) in Ýolöten district has an area of 8.1 km² and an estimated population of 35 000.
Yolotanskaya Selskaya Stanitsa (Иолотанская Сел. Ст.) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Verkhnyye Sukhty (Верхние Сухты) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Kyzyl-Khodzhanazar (Кызыл-Ходжаназар) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Khudzhum (Худжум) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Krasnaya Zvezda (Красная Звезда) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 2 500.
Chapayeva (Чапаева, 3 185 as Imeni Chapayeva in 1989 census) in Ýolöten district has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.

Murghab valley area (Tagtabazar):

Saryyazy (Сарыяазы) has an area of 1.2 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Lenina (Ленина) has an area of 3.3 km² and an estimated population of 8 000.
Engel'sa (Энгельса) has an area of 3.9 km² and an estimated population of 10 000.
Dimitrova (Димитрова) has an area of 2.9 km² and an estimated population of 7 000.
Tagtabazar (5 907 as Takhta-Bazar in 1989) in Tagtabazar district has an area of 6.7 km² and an estimated population of 20 000.
Tel'mana (Тельмана) has an area of 1.3 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Pervaya Maya (1 Мая) has an area of 1.1 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Seyn Ali (Сейн-Али) has an area of 1.5 km² and an estimated population of 4 500.
Kirova (Кирова) has an area of 2.4 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.

Serhetabat:

Serhetabat (4 834 as Kushka in 1989) in Serhetabat district has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.