BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 22. The new administrative center of the Ahal region of Turkmenistan received the status of a city and the name Arkadag, Trend reports with reference to the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Azerbaijan.
This was announced on December 21, 2022 by the Chairman of the lower house of the Turkmen parliament Gulshat Mammedova at an expanded meeting of the Government of Turkmenistan.
According to the adopted resolution, the new administrative center of the Ahal region was given the status of a city with district rights and the name Arkadag. The area of 2,370 hectares of the Goktepe district of the Ahal region passes into the administrative territory of the new city.
This decision was made taking into account the wishes of residents of the Ahal region and citizens of the country, the petitions of public associations and the submission of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, in accordance with the Law of Turkmenistan "On the procedure for resolving issues of the administrative-territorial structure of Turkmenistan".
