Da?oguz Province ( Turkmen : Da?oguz welayaty ) (umwhile Da?howuz / Дашховуз ) is ane o the welayat (provinces) o Turkmenistan . It is in the north o the kintra, borderin Uzbekistan . The aurie o the province is 73,430 square kilometers, an the total population is 1,370,400 (2005 est.). ^[1] The caipital is Da?oguz (Дашогуз).

The province is maistly desert , an is experiencin severe environmental degradation as a result o the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe. Increased soil salinity haes ruined thoosans o square kilometers o fermland.

The province contains the UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid o Koneurgenc .

Baith Turkmen citizens an foreigners require special permission tae visit the province, as the govrenment regards it as a "closed" border zone.

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Da?oguz Province is admeenistratively dividit intae 8 destricts ( etraplar ; singular etrap ) an 2 ceeties ( il ). ^{[2] [3]} Name changes since 1995 are shown in parentheses:

• Da?oguz Ceety (umwhile Da?howuz)
• Koneurgenc Ceety (umwhile Kunya Urgench) ? grantit etrap status on 3 Februar 2008 ^[4]
• Akdepe Destrict
• Boldumsaz Destrict
• Gorogly Destrict (umwhile Tagta)
• Gubadag Destrict
• Gurbansoltan Eje Destrict (umwhile Yylanly)
• Koneurgenc Destrict
• Saparmyrat Nyyazow Destrict (umwhile Da?oguz/Da?howuz etrap)
• Saparmyrat Turkmenba?y Destrict

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