Magdanly
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| native_name = Магданлы
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| subdivision_name2 = Köýtendag District
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Magdanly (Turkmen Cyrillic: Магданлы; formerly known as Gowurdak or Gaurdak {{langx|ru|Говурдак}}), is a city in Köýtendag District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.
Etymology
The word magdan means "ore" in Turkmen, and the suffix -ly means "with", hence "with ore". The area, in the foothills of the Köýtendag Mountains, is rich in various mineral ores. The former name, Gowurdak, referred to a mountain in that district which is mined for high-quality sulfur. Atanyyazow explains that the name Gowurdak "is derived from the local dialect gövür ('sulfur') and the word dag, yielding 'sulfur mountain'."{{cite book|title= Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги|trans-title= Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan |page=104 |publisher=Ылым |date=1980 |place=Ashgabat |first=Soltanşa |last=Atanyýazow|url=https://www.twirpx.com/file/2683178/ }}
History
The name of the city was changed from Gowurdak to Magdanly on 8 September, 2002.
On 25 November 2017, Magdanly was downgraded from a city with "district status" to a city "in a district", subordinate to Köýtendag District.{{Cite web|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/12653/parlament-turkmenistana-vnes-izmeneniya-v-administrativnoterritorialnoe-delenie-lebapskogo-velayata|title=Парламент Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята|author=|website=Информационный портал Туркменистана «Turkmenportal»|date=28 November 2017|publisher=|lang=ru|accessdate=14 April 2018}}
= Administrative Divisions=
Prior to losing its status as "City with district status", the city of Magdanly also had the following village councils (geňeşlikler) under its jurisdiction:
- Çärjew (Çärjew)
- Ýürekdepe (Ýürekdepe, Aýrybaba)
Both of these village councils were incorporated in Köýtendag District. Later, on 9 November 2022, Ýürekdepe village council was dissolved, and its two subordinate villages were brought under the jurisdiction of Çärjew village council.
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Category:Populated places in Mary Region
Category:Districts of Turkmenistan
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