Babadaýhan District (, Бабадайхан этрабы) is a district of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan.Ахалский Велаят Turkmenistan Districts From the Soviet period until 1992, the settlement was named in honor of Sergei Kirov. On 26 June 1992, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 729-XII, Kirov District and its capital were renamed Babadaýhan.
The name Babadaýhan is the Turkmenized form of the Persian name Bābā-Dihqān (بابادهقان), which eans “Forefather Farmer”, a mythological and ritual character whose cult has been reported in agrarian communities of mountainous and lowland Tajikistan, North Afghanistan and adjacent rural areas of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.Krasnowolska, Anna: BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009. As an Iranian mythological figure, Bābā-ye Dehqān is believed to be the first man and the first farmer who taught his profession to mankind through a chain of his successors.Krasnowolska, Anna: BĀBĀ-YE DEHQĀN, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009.
Administrative Subdivisions Cities (şäherler) Babadaýhan Towns (şäherçeler) N/A Village councils (geňeşlikler) Ak altyn (Ak altyn) Akwekil (Akwekil, Çili) Babadaýhan (Babadaýhan) Garawekil (Garawekil, Garajaowlak) Hasyl (Hasyl) Täzeýol (Täzeýol, Götin) Ýarygökje (Ýarygökje) Zähmet (Zähmet, Alty Garlyýew adyndaky, Mamur)
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