Mary Province (Mary welaýaty / Мары велаяты) is one of the Welayatlar of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary. It has an area of 87,000 square kilometers and a population of 1,146,800. The average population density is 13.2 persons per square kilometer, but this figure reaches 150-200 per square kilometer in the most developed oases. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Anthem Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem Capital (and largest city) Ashgabat Official languages Turkmen Recognised regional languages Russian, Uzbek Government Presidential Republic  -  President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow Independence from the Soviet Union   -  Declared 1991-10-27   -  Recognized 1991-12-08  Area  -  Total 488,100 km² (52nd) 188,456 sq mi   -  Water (%) 4. ... Mary is a city of Turkmenistan, capital of the Mary Province. ... // Look up square in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara In geography, an oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. ...

The region's industry includes natural gas extraction, electric power generation and chemical production. It accounts for 76% of Turkmenistan's electricity, 81% of fertilizer production, 100% pure wool, 40% of textiles, 81% of leather and 23% of footwear. In terms of agriculture, this region also produces 31% of Turkmenistan's cotton fibres, 32% of its vegetable oil, and 26% of farming products. Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane but including significant quantities of ethane, butane, propane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium and hydrogen sulfide. ... For delivered electrical power, see Electrical power industry. ... Spreading manure, an organic fertilizer Fertilizers (British English fertilisers) are compounds given to plants to promote growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar feeding, for uptake through leaves. ... Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, Arizona Wool is the fiber derived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, alpacas, llamas and rabbits may also... This article is about the type of fabric. ... Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with cooking oil. ...

Another feature of this region is the Qaraqum Canal, which runs through the province and allows agriculture and to be developed in this inhospitable region of the Karakum Desert. The Qaraqum Canal (formerly called the Karakumsky Kanal) is the largest irrigation and water supply canal in the world. ... The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara Gum (“Black Sand”) (Turkmen: Garagum, Russian: Каракумы) is a desert in Central Asia. ...

The major archeological site of Merv is located in the welayat. Merv – Persian name: مرو; formerly Alexandria and Antiochia in Margiana (Greek: Αντιόχεια η Μαργιανή) – in current-day Turkmenistan, was a major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near todays Mary. ...

Mary Province is divided into 11 etraplar (singular: etrap) and one city. Name changes since 1995 are shown in parentheses: [1][2]

• Baýramaly city
• Baýramaly etrap
• Garagum etrap
• Mary etrap
• Murgap etrap
• Oguzhan etrap (formerly Nyýazow)
• Sakarçäge etrap
• Serhetabat etrap (formerly Guşgy)
• Tagtabazar etrap
• Türkmengala etrap
• Wekilbazar etrap
• Ýolöten etrap

Provinces of Turkmenistan
Ahal | Balkan | Daşoguz | Lebap | Mary