Regions of Turkmenistan
| Capital city and Regions of Turkmenistan | |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Turkmenistan |
| Number | 5 Regions 1 Capital city |
| Populations | (Regions only): 569,100 (Balkan) - 1,519,000 (Mary) |
| Areas | (Regions only): 139,270 km2 (53,772 sq mi) (Balkan) – 97,160 km2 (37,513 sq mi) (Ahal) |
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Turkmenistan is divided into five regions (welaýat) and one capital city (şäher) with provincial legal status. They are Ahal, Balkan, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary, plus the capital city of Ashgabat. Each province is divided into districts. As of 20 December 2022 there were 37 districts (etraplar), 49 cities (şäherler), including 7 cities with district status (etrap hukukly), 68 towns (şäherçeler), 469 rural councils (geňeşlikler) and 1690 villages (oba ilatly ýerler) in Turkmenistan.
The regions are also translated as oblasts, which were also the administrative divisions of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, a republic of the Soviet Union, which retained the system after independence in 1991.