Babadaýhan District

Babadaýhan District (Turkmen: Babadaýhan etraby, Бабадайхан этрабы) is a district of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan.^[2][3] From the Soviet period until 1992, the settlement was named in honor of Sergei Kirov. On 26 June 1992, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 729-XII, Kirov District and its capital were renamed Babadaýhan.

Babadaýhan District Kirov, (Cyrillic Киров) ????-1992
District
Babadaýhan etraby Cyrillic Бабадайхан этрабы
Coordinates: 37°41′31″N 60°23′36″E
Country	Turkmenistan
Province	Ahal Province
Capital	Babadaýhan
Government
• häkim	Muhammetmyrat Amangeldiýewiç Garaýew[1]
Time zone	UTC+5

The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.^[4] As an Iranian mythological figure, Bābā-ye Dehqān is believed to be the first man and the first farmer who taught his profession to mankind through a chain of his successors.^[5]

Administrative Subdivisions

• Cities (şäherler)
  • Babadaýhan
• Towns (şäherçeler)
  • N/A
• Village councils (geňeşlikler)
  • Ak altyn (Ak altyn)
  • Akwekil (Akwekil, Çili)
  • Babadaýhan (Babadaýhan)
  • Garawekil (Garawekil, Garajaowlak)
  • Hasyl (Hasyl)
  • Täzeýol (Täzeýol, Götin)
  • Ýarygökje (Ýarygökje)
  • Zähmet (Zähmet, Alty Garlyýew adyndaky, Mamur)

References

1. "Ahal welaýat häkimligi / Habarlaşmak üçin". Retrieved 10 April 2021.
2. Ахалский Велаят Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
3. Turkmenistan Districts
4. Krasnowolska, Anna: BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009.
5. Krasnowolska, Anna: BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009.