Editing Lebap Region (section)

== Economy ==
===Agriculture===
Crop production in Lebap is heavily dependent on irrigation from the [[Amu Darya]]. Fields are cultivated when one-and-a-half to two meters above the floodplains of the river, primarily cereal grains and cotton.<ref name=tstanbook2>{{cite book|title=Туркменистан |first=P. |last=Skosyrev |date=1948 |publisher=Molodaya Gvardiya |place=Moscow |pages=201–202 |language=ru}}</ref> 

{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="7"  align="center"|'''Lebap Region:  area and production of selected crops, 2017-2019'''<ref name=stat2020>{{cite book|title=Türkmenistanyň Ýyllyk Statistik Neşiri 2019 Ýyl|page=67|date=2020|place=Ashgabat|language=Turkmen, Russian, English|publisher=State Committee of Statistics of Turkmenistan}}</ref>
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| colspan="3" |area, thousand  hectares
| colspan="3" |production,  thousand tonnes
|-
|
| align="center" |2017
| align="center" |2018
| align="center" |2019
| align="center" |2017
| align="center" |2018
| align="center" |2019
|-
|Cereals  and legumes
| align="right" |191.1
| align="right" |172.5
| align="right" |174.5
| align="right" |428.0
| align="right" |274.9
| align="right" |428.7
|-
|Cotton
| align="right" |120.0
| align="right" |120.0
| align="right" |120.0
| align="right" |302.3
| align="right" |301.6
| align="right" |307.4
|-
|Vegetables
| align="right" |13.0
| align="right" |13.8
| align="right" |14.9
| align="right" |183.3
| align="right" |193.4
| align="right" |211.3
|}

===Extraction industries===
Lebap is rich in various natural resources, most notably, natural gas. The region is home to the [[Malai Gas Field]] and the [[Bagtyýarlyk PSA Territory|Bagtyýarlyk Gas Field]], which both serve as major suppliers of natural gas to [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-04-25|title=Turkmenistan to up gas supply to China|url=https://www.azernews.az/region/95716.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101220324/https://www.azernews.az/region/95716.html|archive-date=2021-01-01|access-date=2021-01-01|website=AzerNews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-09-28|title=Turkmenistan supplied 125BCM of gas to China|url=http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/turkmenistan-supplied-125-bcm-gas-to-china-25610|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811061546/http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/turkmenistan-supplied-125-bcm-gas-to-china-25610|archive-date=2016-08-11|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Natural Gas Europe|publisher=Natural Gas World}}</ref>  

The [[:ru:Гарлыкский горно-обогатительный комбинат|Garlyk Mining and Enrichment Amalgamate]] in [[Köýtendag District]] produces [[potash]] fertilizer, and the [[Seýdi]] Oil Refinery is one of two petroleum refineries in Turkmenistan.

From antiquity, local residents quarried sulfur, zinc and lead in the [[Köýtendag Range|Köýtendag]] (Kungitang) foothills for domestic needs, including casting of bullets.<ref name=tstanbook3>{{cite book|title=Туркменистан |first=P. |last=Skosyrev |date=1948 |publisher=Molodaya Gvardiya |place=Moscow |page=203 |language=ru}}</ref> During the Soviet period, a lead mine was dug and the town of Svintsovyy Rudnik<ref>"lead ore mine" in English; today called Gurşun Magdan Käni şäherçesi, "town of lead ore mine"</ref> was founded.<ref name=tstanbook3 /><ref name=osm>[https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/531255297#map=14/37.8651/66.4389 Way: Gurshun Magdan Kani (531255297)]</ref>

{{Further|Gowurdak mine}}

===Construction materials===
The Lebap Cement Plant in Turkmenabat has a design capacity of one million tons per year. [[Polimeks]] built it in 2012.<ref name=polimeks2>{{cite web|url= http://polimeks.com/ru/buildingdetail/51/5/лебапский-цементный-завод |title=Лебапский цементный завод Туркменабад – 2012 |publisher=Polimeks |language=ru, en, tr |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> In 2020, construction of a second plant, in [[Köýtendag District]], also with a design capacity of one million tons, got underway.<ref name=kdag>{{cite news|url=https://arzuw.news/v-lebapskom-velajate-nachali-stroitelstvo-2-j-ocheredi-cementnogo-zavoda |title=В Лебапском велаяте началось строительство 2-й очереди цементного завода |date=15 July 2020 |language=ru |publisher=Arzuw}}</ref><ref name=tportal>{{cite news|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/28610/v-koitendagskom-etrape-nachnetsya-stroitelstvo-vtoroi-ocheredi-cementnogo-zavoda-lebap |title=В Койтендагском этрапе начнется строительство второй очереди цементного завода «Лебап» |date=3 July 2020 |language=ru |publisher=Turkmenportal}}</ref>

===Power generation===
The Zerger power plant under construction by [[Sumitomo]], [[Mitsubishi]], [[Hitachi]], and [[Rönesans Holding]] in [[Çärjew District]] will have a design capacity of 432 megawatts. It is primarily intended for export of electricity.  The Zerger plant will use natural gas from the Üçajy Gas Field ({{langx|ru|Учаджинскоe газодобывающеe месторождениe}}), delivered via a 125-km high-pressure pipeline.<ref name=ucajygas>{{cite news|url=   https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/ru/post/53395/novosti-lebapa-proizvodstvo-shelkovichnyh-kokonov-i-stroitelstvo-magistralnogo-gazoprovoda| title=  Новости Лебапа: производство шелковичных коконов и строительство магистрального газопровода|date=9 April 2021|language=Russian | publisher=«Туркменистан: золотой век»}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="4" align="center"|'''Lebap Region: Production of selected industrial and processed  goods, 2017-2019'''<ref name=stat2020i>{{cite book|title=Türkmenistanyň Ýyllyk Statistik Neşiri 2019 Ýyl|pages=44–49|date=2020|place=Ashgabat|language=Turkmen, Russian, English|publisher=State Committee of Statistics of Turkmenistan}}</ref>
|-
|
| align="center" |2017
| align="center" |2018
| align="center" |2019
|-
|Electricity, million  kwh
| align="right" |2,144.1
| align="right" |2,003.9
| align="right" |1,820.7
|-
|Natural gas, billion m<sup>3</sup>
| align="right" |27.8
| align="right" |24.8
| align="right" |23.0
|-
|Oil (including gas condensate), thousand tonnes
| align="right" |595.9
| align="right" |567.8
| align="right" |581.9
|-
|Gasoline, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |215.0
| align="right" |218.5
| align="right" |221.8
|-
|Diesel fuel, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |173{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
| align="right" |190{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
| align="right" |162{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
|-
|Bunker oil, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |76{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
| align="right" |<nowiki>-</nowiki>{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
| align="right" |90{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
|-
|Mineral fertilizers, NPK basis, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |30.2
| align="right" |46.1
| align="right" |51.1
|-
|Cement, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |861.9
| align="right" |935.6
| align="right" |857.3
|-
|Bricks, million
| align="right" |217.3
| align="right" |256.0
| align="right" |269.9
|-
|Cotton lint, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |86.2
| align="right" |41.0
| align="right" |107.1
|-
|Raw silk, tonnes
| align="right" |83{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
| align="right" |74{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
| align="right" |81{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
|-
|Cotton yarn. thousand tonnes
| align="right" |21.8
| align="right" |22.4
| align="right" |22.7
|-
|Silk textiles, million m<sup>2</sup>
| align="right" |0.5
| align="right" |0.4
| align="right" |0.4
|-
|Cotton textiles, million m<sup>2</sup>
| align="right" |8.5
| align="right" |8.3
| align="right" |11.6
|-
|Unwoven fabric, thousand m<sup>2</sup>
| align="right" |9,173{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
| align="right" |<nowiki>-</nowiki>{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
| align="right" |<nowiki>-</nowiki>{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}
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