Ýylanly
Andalyp (city)
Place in Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan
Andalyp, 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.[1][2]
Andalyp
Gurbansoltan Eje adyndaky (2004-2022) Ýylanly (~1992-2004) Ilyaly (Cyrillic Ильялы) (?-~1992) | |
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| Coordinates: 41°50′N 59°39′E | |
| Country |  Turkmenistan |
| Province | Daşoguz Province |
| District | Akdepe District |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 27,455 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
On 9 November 2022 by parliamentary resolution the city was renamed in honor of the poet Nurmuhammet Andalyp.[2] 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.[1] Originally it was named Ilyaly (Cyrillic Ильялы, the meaning of which is obscure) but by no later than 1992 had been renamed Ýylanly, which in Turkmen means "with snakes".[3][4] Atanyyazow explains that this city, along with several other locations in Turkmenistan, received that name due to an abundance of snakes in the area.[5]
In the Soviet period Ýylanly was designated as an "urban-type settlement" (Russian: 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" (Turkmen: etrapdaky şäher). The same decree subordinated the villages of Hazarasp, Garamergen, and Depmechi to the city.[6] By parliamentary decree of 9 November 2022, the city was made capital of Akdepe District.[2]
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.[3]
| Year | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,308 | 8,922 | 12,206 | 16,936 | 27,455 |
- "TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MEJLISINIŇ KARARY №227-II. Daşoguz welaýatynyň Yylanly etrabynyň adyny üýtgetmek hakynda" (PDF) (in Turkmen). Turkmenistan Parliament. 6 August 2004. p. 47.
- "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.
- "Ильялы". Большая советская энциклопедия (3 ed.). Moscow: Советская энциклопедия. 1986.
- "Türkmenistanyň Halk Maslahatynyň Çözgüdi, Türkmenistanda administratiw-territorial düzümleriň statusyny bellemek hakynda, HM-6" (PDF). Government of Turkmenistan. 14 December 1992.
- Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. pp. 173–174.
- "Изменения в административно-территориальном делении Дашогузского велаята Редакция" (in Russian). Chronicles of Turkmenistan. 17 June 2016.
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