Editing Lebap Region

{{Short description|Region of Turkmenistan}}
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'''Lebap Region''' ({{langx|tk|Lebap welaýaty}}) is one of the [[regions of Turkmenistan]]. It is in the northeast of the country, bordering [[Afghanistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] along the [[Amu Darya]]. Its [[administrative centre]] is [[Türkmenabat]] (formerly named Çärjew). It has an area of 93,727 square kilometers, and a population of 1,447,298 people (2022 census).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Turkmenistan: Regions, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/turkmenistan/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref><ref name=yb2005>''Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004'', National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005.</ref>

The name Lebap is a Turkmenized form of the Persian ''Lab-e āb'' ({{Langx|fa|links=no|لب آب}}), which means "riverside" and has long been used to designate the middle reaches of the [[Amu Darya]].<ref>UNESCO., Ahmad Hasan Dani, and V. M. Masson. 1992. [https://books.google.com/books?id=AzG5llo3YCMC&dq=lebap+lab-i+ab&pg=PA128 History of civilizations of Central Asia]. Vol. V. Paris: Unesco. p.128</ref>

It contains the [[Repetek Nature Reserve]] as well as the [[Köýtendag Nature Reserve]], which includes Turkmenistan's highest mountain, [[Aýrybaba]] (3137 meters).<ref name=alpagama />  Lebap is also home to the [[Dayahatyn]] [[caravanserai|caravansaray]].

The region is located along the Amu Darya. The [[Kyzylkum Desert]] is located on the east side of the river and [[Karakum Desert]] is located on the west side of the river. About three-quarters of the region's land area is in the Karakum Desert.<ref name=text>{{cite book|title=TÜRKMENISTANYŇ GEOGRAFIÝASY|last1=Çaryýew|first1=B.|last2=Ilamanow|first2=Ýa.|publisher=Ministry of Education|date=2010| place=Ashgabat |url=https://www.kitaphana.net/book/457/read |page=296 |language=Turkmen}}</ref>  The region's sunny weather and abundance of water resources help produce high-quality long-staple cotton.

== History ==
[[File:Dinosaur-plateau.jpg|thumb|Dinosaur Plateau in Koytendag District]]
{{See also|Amu Darya#History}}
The region of present-day Lebap once occupied a spot along the [[Silk Road]]. The 9th-10th century [[Caravanserai|caravansaray]] of [[Dayahatyn]] is located within Lebap.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-06-04|title=Ambassador Mustard Travels to Lebap Province|url=https://tm.usembassy.gov/ambassador-mustard-travels-lebap-province/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101214128/https://tm.usembassy.gov/ambassador-mustard-travels-lebap-province/|archive-date=2021-01-01|access-date=2021-01-01|website=U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Bukhara and Khiva khanates===
Prior to the [[Russian Revolution]], much of today's Lebap Region was part of either the [[Khanate of Bukhara]]<ref name=tstanbook>{{cite book|title=Туркменистан |first=P. |last=Skosyrev |date=1948 |publisher=Molodaya Gvardiya |place=Moscow |page=192 |language=ru}}</ref> or the [[Khanate of Khiva]].<ref name=tstanbook5>{{cite book|title=Туркменистан |first=P. |last=Skosyrev |date=1948 |publisher=Molodaya Gvardiya |place=Moscow |page=194 |language=ru}}</ref> The last khan of Bukhara, [[Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan]],  nominally submitted to Soviet authority, but in reality joined the [[Basmachi movement]] and rebelled against the [[Bolsheviks]]. He fled in 1920, and the area was declared a people's republic until [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] power was firmly established in 1924.  In that same year, the settlements at Çärjew and Kerki were formally assigned to the [[Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic]], along with the western parts of the Khiva khanate along the Amu Darya.<ref name=tstanbook5 />

===Recent history===
On April 27, 2020, the region was hit by a severe windstorm.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=30 April 2020|title=Turkmen Province 'In Chaos' After Deadly Windstorms|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmen-province-in-chaos-after-deadly-windstorms/30585718.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101211619/https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmen-province-in-chaos-after-deadly-windstorms/30585718.html|archive-date=2021-01-01|access-date=2021-01-01|website=[[RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty]]|publisher=[[U.S. Agency for Global Media]]|language=en}}</ref> [[RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty]] alleged that the storm disrupted much of the region's electrical grid, public water supplies, natural gas connections, cell service, and internet connection.<ref name=":0" /> A local human rights website, Turkmen.news, reported that many people were admitted to the regional hospital in [[Türkmenabat]] after suffering injuries.<ref name=":0" /> They also alleged that there was sporadic looting in the storm's aftermath and that food prices in the region rose as a result of the storm.<ref name=":0" /> Local Turkmen media reported 10 deaths resulting from the storm, while Turkmen.news suggested that the true death toll was likely in the dozens, and dozens remained unaccounted for in the storm's aftermath.<ref name=":0" /> The rights group [[Human Rights Watch]] condemned what it perceived as "censorship" by local officials following the storm, noting that one group alleged that local police were watching out for people filming the storm's damage, and another group reported that dozens of people were detained for allegedly sending videos "abroad".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-05-04|title=Turkmenistan Government's Deafening Silence After Hurricane|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/04/turkmenistan-governments-deafening-silence-after-hurricane|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924091946/https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/04/turkmenistan-governments-deafening-silence-after-hurricane|archive-date=2020-09-24|access-date=2021-01-01|website=[[Human Rights Watch]]|language=en}}</ref>

In December 2020, RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty reported that regional officials threatened to cut off the region's population from subsidized food if they were not up to date on their utility bills.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Najibullah|first=Farangis|date=2020-12-25|title=Grim Choice: Turkmen Warned Of Food Cutoffs Over Unpaid Utility Bills|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmen-food-subsidies-cut-unpaid-utility-bills/31019079.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101213157/https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmen-food-subsidies-cut-unpaid-utility-bills/31019079.html|archive-date=2021-01-01|access-date=2021-01-01|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en}}</ref> The agency reported that many in the region received seasonal income from farming, and often did not earn money in the winter, and such matters were complicated by a decrease in [[Remittance|remittances]] to the region as a result of the [[Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic|economic fallout from COVID-19]].<ref name=":1" />

==Demographic==

=== Table of National composition of the population of Lebap region (2022) ===

Table:
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.gov.tm/population-census-pdfs/results/en/4.pdf}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"	
 ! rowspan="3" |[[Ethnicity]]
! colspan="2" | Total 
! colspan="2" | Urban 
! colspan="2" | Rural 
|-
! Population
! %
! Population
! %
! Population
! %
|-
| [[Turkmens]]
| 1,292,180 || 89.28%
| 555,200 || 84.63%
| 736,980 || 93.14%
|-
| [[Uzbeks]]
| 136,499 || 9.43%
| 83,556 || 12.74%
| 52,943 || 6.69%
|-
| [[Russians]]
| 11,791 || 0.82%
| 11,604 || 1.77%
| 187 || 0.03%
|-
| [[Kazakhs]]
| 1,793 || 0.12%
| 956 || 0.14%
| 837 || 0.11%
|-
| [[Tatars]]
| 1,653 || 0.12%
| 1,616 || 0.25%
| 37 || 0.00%
|-
| [[Azerbaijanis]]
| 938 || 0.06%
| 773 || 0.12%
| 165 || 0.02%
|-
| [[Baloch people|Balochi]]
| 500 || 0.03%
| 494 || 0.07%
| 6 || 0.00%
|-
| [[Armenians]]
| 397 || 0.03%
| 386 || 0.06%
| 11 || 0.00%
|-
| [[Ukrainians]]
| 297 || 0.02%
| 286 || 0.04%
| 11 || 0.00%
|-
| [[Koreans]]
| 168 || 0.01%
| 164 || 0.02%
| 4 || 0.00%
|-
| [[Persians]]
| 131 || 0.01%
| 107 || 0.02%
| 24 || 0.00%
|-
| [[Lezgins]]
| 102 || 0.01%
| 102 || 0.02%
| − || −
|-
| [[Afghans]]
| 99 || 0.01%
| 99 || 0.02%
| − || −
|-
| [[Karakalpaks]]
| 15 || 0.00%
| 13 || 0.00%
| 2 || 0.00%
|-
| [[Kurds]]
| 12 || 0.00%
| 10 || 0.00%
| 2 || 0.00%
|-
| other nationalities
| 723 || 0.05%
| 655 || 0.10%
| 68 || 0.01%
|- class="sortbottom"
! '''Total'''
! '''1,446,282''' || '''100%'''
! '''1,292,024''' || '''100%'''
! '''154,258''' || '''100%'''
|}

==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)

== 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>
|-
|
| 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}}
|}

==Nature preserves and reservations==
*[[Amudarya State Nature Reserve]]
*[[Köýtendag Nature Reserve]]
*[[Repetek Biosphere State Reserve]]

==Tourist attractions==
*[[Aýrybaba]]
*[[Dayahatyn]] [[Caravanserai|caravansaray]] (in use 9th to 16th centuries)
*[[Dinosaur Plateau]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alpagama.org/sledy-dinozavrov-v-kojtendage.html |title=Следы динозавров в Койтендаге|first=A.|last=Bushmakin |date=4 February 2012 |language=ru|publisher=Alpagama}}</ref><ref name=alpagama>{{cite news|url=https://alpagama.org/vsyo-o-kojtendage-ajrybaba-hodzhapil-plato-dinozavrov-karlyukskie-peshhery.html |title=Всё о Койтендаге: Айрыбаба, Ходжапиль, Плато динозавров, Карлюкские пещеры…| date=7 April 2015 |language=ru |publisher=Alpagama}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lebap_Province OpenStreetMap Wiki: Lebap Province]
* [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Districts_in_Turkmenistan OpenStreetMap Wiki: Districts in Turkmenistan]

==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Lebap Region
|North     = [[Xorazm Region]], {{flag|Uzbekistan}}<br>[[Karakalpakstan]], {{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|Northeast = [[Buxoro Region]], {{flag|Uzbekistan}}<br>[[Qashqadaryo Region]], {{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|East      = [[Surxondaryo Region]], {{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|Southeast = [[Balkh Province]], {{flag|Afghanistan}}<br>[[Jowzjan Province]], {{flag|Afghanistan}}
|South     = [[Faryab Province]], {{flag|Afghanistan}}
|Southwest = [[Mary Region]]
|West      = [[Ahal Region]]
|Northwest = [[Daşoguz Region]]
}}

==External links==
* [https://lebap.gov.tm/ Official website]


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