Magtymguly District

Magtymguly District
Magtýmguly Etraby
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceBalkan Province
CapitalGarrygala
Time zoneUTC+5 (+5)

Magtymguly District (formerly Garrygala District) is a district of Balkan Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the city of Magtymguly, formerly named Garrygala.[1][2]

In 2023 it was named winner of the competition for most outstanding district in Turkmenistan, earning a prize of one million dollars.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Districts of Turkmenistan". Statoids. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
  2. ^ "OpenStreetMap: Districts in Turkmenistan".
  3. ^ Глава государства подписал ряд документов (in Russian), «Туркменистан: Золотой век», 10 February 2023
  4. ^ Лучшему этрапу страны вручена награда Президента Туркменистана (in Russian), «Туркменистан: Золотой век», 15 February 2023