Editing Lebap Region (section)

==Administrative divisions==
As of 2021, according to the official website of the regional government, Lebap Region included one city with status equivalent to a district, 10 districts, 14 cities "in the district" ({{langx|tk|etrapdaky}}), 24 [[town|towns]], 105 rural councils, and 429 [[village|villages]].<ref name=official>{{cite web|url=https://lebap.gov.tm/about|title=Lebap Region official website|access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>

=== Districts ===
As of 9 November 2022 Lebap Region ({{Langx|tk|Lebap welaýaty}}) is subdivided into eight [[Districts of Turkmenistan|districts]] (''etrap'', plural ''etraplar''):<ref name=decree20221110>{{cite news|url=https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/ru/post/67749/postanovlenie-medzhlisa-milli-gengesha-turkmenistana-8 |title=Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана |date=10 November 2022 |language=ru |publisher=Электронная газета «Золотой век»}}</ref><ref name="hakynda">{{cite book|title=Türkmenistanyş Mejlisiniň Karary|chapter=Türkmenistanyň dolandyryş-çäk birlikleriniň Sanawy|date=2010–2018|author=Türkmenistanyň Mejlisi|place=Ashgabat}} This document is reproduced online at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Districts_in_Turkmenistan.</ref><ref name="terr">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=|script-title=ru:Административно-территориальное деление Туркменистана по регионам по состоянию на 1 января 2017 года|url=http://www.stat.gov.tm/ru/ba-sahypa/trkmenistany-sebitler-bouna-br-administratiw-klein-blnii/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708220824/http://www.stat.gov.tm/ru/ba-sahypa/trkmenistany-sebitler-bouna-br-administratiw-klein-blnii/|archive-date=2018-07-08|access-date=2018-07-08|website=|publisher=[[State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics]]|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="lebap">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-11-27|title=|script-title=ru: Внесены изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята|url=http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=15119|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708220824/http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=15119|archive-date=2018-07-08|access-date=2021-01-01|website=turkmenistan.gov.tm|language=ru}}</ref>

:* [[Çärjew District|Çarjew]] (formerly Serdarabat)
:* [[Darganata District|Darganata]] (formerly Birata)
:* [[Dänew District|Dänew]] (formerly Galkynyş)
:* [[Halaç District|Halaç]]
:* [[Hojambaz District|Hojambaz]]
:* [[Kerki District|Kerki]] (formerly Atamyrat)
:* [[Köýtendag District|Köýtendag]] (formerly Çarşaňňy)
:* [[Saýat District|Saýat]]

In November 2017 four districts, ([[Beýik Türkmenbaşy District|Beýik Türkmenbaşy]], [[Garaşsyzlyk District|Garaşsyzlyk]], [[Garabekewül District|Garabekwül]], and [[Sakar District|Sakar]]), were abolished and their territories absorbed by other districts.<ref name="lebap" /> In November 2022 another two districts, [[Döwletli District|Döwletli]] and [[Farap District|Farap]], were similarly abolished.<ref name=decree20221110 />

=== Municipalities ===
{{See also|List of cities in Turkmenistan}}
As of January 1, 2017, the region included 15 cities ({{Langx|tk|şäherler}}, {{Langx|ru|города}}), 23 towns ({{Langx|tk|şäherçeler}}, {{Langx|ru|посёлки}}), 106 rural or village councils ({{Langx|tk|geňeşlikler}}, {{Langx|ru|сельские советы}}), and 430 villages ({{Langx|tk|obalar}}, {{Langx|ru|сёла}}, or {{Langx|ru|сельские населенные пункты}}).<ref name="hakynda" /><ref name="terr" />

In the list below, the lone city with [[Districts_of_Turkmenistan#Cities_with_"district_status"|"district status"]] is '''bolded''':
:* [[Dänew]] (formerly Galkynyş)
:* [[Darganata]] (formerly Birata)
:* [[Dostluk]] (formerly Yuzhnyy)
:* [[Farap]]
:* [[Garabekewül]]
:* [[Gazojak]]
:* [[Halaç]]
:* [[Hojambaz]]
:* [[Kerki]] (formerly Atamyrat)
:* [[Köýtendag]] (formerly Çarşaňňy)
:* [[Magdanly]] (formerly Gowurdak) 
:* [[Sakar, Turkmenistan|Sakar]]
:* [[Saýat]]
:* [[Seýdi]] (formerly Neftezavodsk)
:* '''[[Türkmenabat]]''' (formerly Çärjew)