Murgap District

Murgap District is a district of Mary Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Murgap.

Murgap District
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceMary Province
CapitalMurgap
Time zoneUTC+5 (+5)

Founded as Stalin District on February 1935, this district joined Mary four years later, in November 1939. Twenty-two years later, it was renamed to its current name, Murgap, as part of a de-Stalinization campaign. It was administered directly by the Turkmen SSR government after Mary dissolved on January 1963.

On December 1970, Murgap joined Mary again, where it stays until this day.

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