Editing Ashgabat (section)

===Growth===
In 1948 Ashgabat was described before the earthquake as lying "on a sloping plain of the Kopet-Dag foothills, stretching seven kilometers from west to east and five kilometers from the railroad right-of-way to the south, in the direction of the mountains".<ref name=turkmenistan>{{cite book|title=Туркменистан|language=ru|first=П.|last=Скосырев|date=1948|publisher=Молодая гвардия|place=Moscow|series=Наша Родина|editor-last=Михайлова|editor-first=Н.Н.|chapter=Ашхабад--столица Советского Туркменистана}}</ref> Through the mid-1970s, Ashgabat was a compact city, as shown by the 1974 Soviet military's General Staff map J-40-081.<ref name=j40081>{{cite map|title=Ашхабад J-40-081|cartography=USSR Ministry of Defense|url=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:J-40-081-Ashgabat-excerpt.jpg|language=ru}}</ref> The village of Köşi, collective farm "Leningrad", airport, and suburbs to the north were outside the city limits.

Beginning in the 1970s, Ashgabat's boundaries shifted outward, with the aforementioned municipalities annexed, the aerodrome at Howdan redeveloped, and creation of the Parahat ({{langx|ru|Mir}}) neighborhoods to the south and industrial parks to the east. In 2013, Ashgabat annexed a portion of the then-Ruhabat district of Ahal Province as well as the city of Abadan (previously named Büzmeýin, and renamed that as a neighborhood) plus all land and villages in between. The southern boundary of Ashgabat was extended southward to the foothills of the Kopet Dag mountains. Overall, Ashgabat's land area rose by 37,654 hectares. The following municipalities were abolished due to their incorporation into the city of Ashgabat: city of Abadan, towns of Jülge and Ruhabat, villages of Gökje, Gypjak, Birleşik, Magaryf, Herrikgala, Ýalkym, Gurtly, Hellewler, Ylmy-Tejribe bazasy, Ýasmansalyk, Köne Gurtly, Gulantäzekli, Serdar ýoly, Gaňtar, Gyzyljagala, Inerçýage, Tarhan, Topurly, and Ussagulla.<ref name=abadan2013>{{cite map|title=Схема территорий, предназначенных для включения в пределы города Aшхабада|language=ru|url=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2013May27_new_map_of_Ashgabat_and_Akhal_2.jpg|date=May 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name=annex2013a>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmeninform.com/ru/news/20130528/07457.html|title=Изменения в административной карте столицы Туркменистана и ее прилегающих территорий|date=May 28, 2013|language=ru|work= Туркменистан: золотой век}}</ref><ref name=annex2013b>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmeninform.com/ru/news/20130528/07457.html|title=Изменения в административной карте столицы Туркменистана и ее прилегающих территорий|date=May 28, 2013|language=ru|publisher=Turkmeninform}}</ref> A further expansion occurred January 5, 2018, when additional land to the north was annexed, incorporating the Gurtly Reservoir and two greenfield residential construction projects, known today as Täze Zaman. This statute also established the current four boroughs of Ashgabat.<ref name=annex2015>{{cite map|title=Схема территорий этрапов города Ашхабада|date=January 5, 2018|url=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2018_01_06_ashgabat_etrapy_separation_24784.jpg|language=ru}}</ref><ref name=mejlis1>{{cite web|url=http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=15374|title=Меджлис Туркменистана принял Постановление о вопросах административно-территориального деления города Ашхабада|language=ru|date=January 5, 2018|work=Туркменистан: золотой век}}</ref>