Oguzhan District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Native Name: | Oğuzhan etraby |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Turkmenistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Mary Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Gulanly |
Established Date: | 1988 (as Parakhat) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | +5 |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Oguzhan District (formerly Nyýazow District and Parakhat District) is a district of Mary Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Gulanly.
Founded in 1988 as Parakhat District, it became part of Mary since 1992 where its name is changed into Nyýazow District before adopting its current name, Oguzhan.
It is named after Oghuz Khan, a legendary and semimythological khan of the Turkic peoples. Its former name, Nyýazow, is named after Saparmurat Niyazov, the first president of Turkmenistan.