BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 9. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on the implementation of the second stage of construction in 2023-2026 of the city of Arkadag located in the Ahal region, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.
The document was adopted in order to successfully solve the tasks outlined in the National Program of Socio-economic Development of Turkmenistan in 2022-2052 and socio-economic development of the regions, improving the standard of living of the population, as well as increasing the architectural and urban appearance of the city of Arkadag.
The city of Arkadag has been named the new administrative center of the Ahal region of Turkmenistan, in which approximately 70,000 people will live.
Furthermore, it is being built on an area of 950 hectares, 30 kilometers southwest of the capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, and its construction was started in 2019. Almost $1.5 billion have been allocated for its implementation.