Daşoguz Region (; formerly Daşhowuz) is one of the regions of Turkmenistan. It is in the north of the country, bordering Uzbekistan. The area of the province is 73,430 square kilometers, and the total population is 1,550,354 (2022 census). The capital is Daşoguz.
The region is mostly desert, and is experiencing severe environmental degradation as a result of the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe. Increased soil salinity has ruined thousands of square kilometers of farmland.
The region contains the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Köneürgenç and the archaeological site, Butentau.
Administrative subdivisions
Districts
As of 9 November 2022 Dashoguz Province (Daşoguz welaýaty) is subdivided into 7 districts (etrap, plural etraplar):
- Akdepe
- Boldumsaz
- Garaşsyzlyk (formerly Gurbansoltan eje adyndaky)
- Görogly (formerly Tagta)
- Gubadag
- Köneurgenç
- Ruhubelent
- Şabat (formerly S.A. Nyýazow adyndaky)
- Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy
The former districts of Gubadag and of Gurbansoltan eje adyndaky were abolished in November 2022.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="2" |Ethnicity
! colspan="2" | Total
! colspan="2" | Urban
! colspan="2" | Rural
|-
! Population
! %
! Population
! %
! Population
! %
|-
| Turkmens
| 1,046,202 || 67.48%
| 259,723 || 54.81%
| 786,479 || 73.06%
|-
| Uzbeks
| 489,453 || 31.57%
| 205,534 || 43.38%
| 283,919 || 26.38%
|-
| Kazakhs
| 5,796 || 0.37%
| 2,323 || 0.49%
| 3,473 || 0.32%
|-
| Russians
| 2,907 || 0.19%
| 2,535 || 0.54%
| 372 || 0.03%
|-
| Karakalpaks
| 2,272 || 0.15%
| 809 || 0.17%
| 1,463 || 0.14%
|-
| Tatars
| 1,456 || 0.09%
| 1,259 || 0.27%
| 197 || 0.02%
|-
| Koreans
| 646 || 0.04%
| 558 || 0.12%
| 88 || 0.01%
|-
| Azerbaijanis
| 402 || 0.03%
| 212 || 0.04%
| 190 || 0.02%
|-
| Balochi
| 174 || 0.01%
| 160 || 0.03%
| 14 || 0.00%
|-
| Armenians
| 112 || 0.01%
| 104 || 0.02%
| 8 || 0.00%
|-
| Ukrainians
| 98 || 0.01%
| 73 || 0.02%
| 25 || 0.00%
|-
| Kurds
| 57 || 0.00%
| 49 || 0.01%
| 8 || 0.00%
|-
| Persians
| 47 || 0.00%
| 21 || 0.00%
| 26 || 0.00%
|-
| Lezgins
| 24 || 0.00%
| 18 || 0.00%
| 6 || 0.00%
|-
| Afghans
| 8 || 0.00%
| 2 || 0.00%
| 6 || 0.00%
|-
| other nationalities
| 700 || 0.05%
| 481 || 0.10%
| 219 || 0.02%
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total
! 1,549,469 || 100%
! 482,088 || 100%
! 1,067,381 || 100%
|}
Economy
Agriculture
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="7" align="center"|Daşoguz Province: area and production of selected crops, 2017-2019
|-
|
| colspan="3" align="center"|area, thousand hectares
| colspan="3" align="center"|production, thousand tonnes
|-
|
| align="center" |2017
| align="center" |2018
| align="center" |2019
| align="center" |2017
| align="center" |2018
| align="center" |2019
|-
|Cereals and legumes
| align="right" |189.5
| align="right" |167.1
| align="right" |167.6
| align="right" |333.3
| align="right" |279.5
| align="right" |359.7
|-
|Cotton
| align="right" |140.7
| align="right" |141.3
| align="right" |141.1
| align="right" |231.9
| align="right" |230.2
| align="right" |244.5
|-
|Vegetables
| align="right" |7.4
| align="right" |7.2
| align="right" |7.8
| align="right" |197.1
| align="right" |198.3
| align="right" |199.9
|}
Industry
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align="center"|Daşoguz Province: Production of selected industrial goods and processed foods, 2017-2019
|-
|
|align="center"|2017
|align="center"|2018
|align="center"|2019
|-
|Electricity, million kwh
| align="right" |1,592.4
| align="right" |1,480.4
| align="right" |1,481.6
|-
|Bricks, million
| align="right" |79.5
| align="right" |81.9
| align="right" |87.2
|-
|Cotton lint, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |67.7
| align="right" |53.5
| align="right" |62.1
|-
|Cotton yarn, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |13.0
| align="right" |11.2
| align="right" |12.3
|-
|Unrefined vegetable oil, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |16.2
| align="right" |14.9
| align="right" |12.8
|-
|Flour, thousand tonnes
| align="right" |138.1
| align="right" |135.8
| align="right" |140.4
|}
See also
- OpenStreetMap Wiki: Dashoguz Province
- Map of Districts (Etraplar) of Dashoguz Province