Lebap Province (Turkmen: Lebap welaýaty frae the Persian لباب Lobāb) is ane o the provinces (welayat) o Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast o the kintra, borderin Uzbekistan alang the Amu Darya. Its caipital is Türkmenabat (umwhile named Çärjew). It haes an aurie o 93,730 square kilometers, an a population o 1,334,500 fowk (2005 est.).[1]
It contains the Repetek Nature Reserve an the Köýtendag Nature Reserve, which haes Turkmenistan's heichest muntain, Aýrybaba (3137 meters).
Baith Turkmen citizens an foreigners require special permission tae visit pairts o the province borderin Uzbekistan, as the govrenment regards the border destrict as a "closed" border zone.
Lebap Province is dividit intae 16 destricts (etraplar; singular etrap) an 3 ceeties (il).[2][3] Name chynges syne 1995 are shown in parentheses: