Andalyp (city)

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Ýylanly (~1992-2004)
Ilyaly ({{small|Cyrillic}} Ильялы) (?-~1992)

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Andalyp (Arabic Alphabet: عاندالیٛپ), until 2004 called Ýylanly, and from 2004 to 2022 called Gurbansoltan Eje adyndaky, is a city and capital of Akdepe District in Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/2/2a/1992-2018-TKM_geoname_changes_TK-ocr.pdf|page=47|title=TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MEJLISINIŇ KARARY №227-II. Daşoguz welaýatynyň Yylanly etrabynyň adyny üýtgetmek hakynda|language=Turkmen|publisher=Turkmenistan Parliament|date=6 August 2004}}{{cite news|url=https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/ru/post/67749/postanovlenie-medzhlisa-milli-gengesha-turkmenistana-8 |title=Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана |date=10 November 2022 |language=ru |publisher=Электронная газета «Золотой век»}}

Etymology

On 9 November 2022 by parliamentary resolution the city was renamed in honor of the poet Nurmuhammet Andalyp (نورمحمد عندلیب). Prior to that, on 6 September 2004 by Parliamentary Resolution 227-II the city was renamed in honor of the mother of President Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbansoltan Eje. Originally it was named Ilyaly ({{small|Cyrillic}} Ильялы, the meaning of which is obscure) but by no later than 1992 had been renamed Ýylanly, which in Turkmen means "with snakes".{{cite book|url=https://www.booksite.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/053/055.htm |article=Ильялы |title=Большая советская энциклопедия |edition=3 |place=Moscow|publisher= Советская энциклопедия |date=1986}}{{cite web|url=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/0/0f/19921214_XM-6.pdf |title=Türkmenistanyň Halk Maslahatynyň Çözgüdi, Türkmenistanda administratiw-territorial düzümleriň statusyny bellemek hakynda, HM-6 |date=14 December 1992 |publisher=Government of Turkmenistan}} Atanyyazow explains that this city, along with several other locations in Turkmenistan, received that name due to an abundance of snakes in the area.{{cite book|title= Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги|trans-title= Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan |pages=173–174 |publisher=Ылым |date=1980 |place=Ashgabat |first=Soltanşa |last=Atanyýazow|url=https://www.twirpx.com/file/2683178/ }}

History

In the Soviet period Ýylanly was designated as an "urban-type settlement" ({{langx|ru|посёлок городского типа}}) and administrative center of Ýylanly District. In June 2016 by parliamentary decree Gurbansoltan eje adyndaky was upgraded to the status of "city in a district" ({{langx|tk|etrapdaky şäher}}). The same decree subordinated the villages of Hazarasp, Garamergen, and Depmechi to the city.{{cite news|url= https://www.hronikatm.com/2016/06/izmeneniya-v-administrativno-territorialnom-delenii-dashoguzskogo-velayata/ |title=Изменения в административно-территориальном делении Дашогузского велаята Редакция|language=Russian|publisher=Chronicles of Turkmenistan|date=17 June 2016}} By parliamentary decree of 9 November 2022, the city was made capital of Akdepe District.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, published between 1969 and 1986, noted that the city offered a cotton ginning plant as well as a folk theater.

Population

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| align=center| Population

| align=center| 5,308

| align=center| 8,922

| align=center|12,206

| align=center|16,936

| align=center|27,455

|36,594

References

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Category:Populated places in Daşoguz Region

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