Lebap Region
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Lebap Region 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. It has an area of 93,727 square kilometers, and a population of 1,447,298 people.
Image: Interior view Dayahatyn caravansarai Turkmenistan
Image: Lebap welaýatynyň Ruhyýet köşgi
Image: Центр Туркменабада
Dinosaur Plateau in Koytendag District
Türkmenabat
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Türkmenabat, formerly Amul, Çärjew, and Novy Chardzhuy, is the second-largest city in Turkmenistan and the administrative centre of Lebap Province. As of 2009, it had a population of approximately 254,000 people. From 1924 to 1927, it was also named Leninsk in honor of Vladimir Lenin.
Image: Lebap welaýatynyň Ruhyýet köşgi
Image: Новостройки Туркменабада по улице "Bitarap Türkmenistan"
Image: Центр Туркменабада
Photo taken at the entrance to the old Çärjew (Turkmenabat), by the French photographer Paul Nadar in 1890