Kerki

Керки

State :

Turkmenistan

Province :

Lebap welaýaty

Coordinates :

37 ° 50 ' N , 65 ° 13' E Coordinates: 37 ° 50 ' N , 65 ° 13' E

Height :

242 m. ü. M.

Residents :

31,580 (2013)

Kerki

Row of houses in the center of Kerki

Kerki ( Russian Керки ), formerly Atamyrat ( Russian Атамурат Atamurat ), is a city in eastern Turkmenistan in the Lebap province . The estimated population for 2013 is 31,580 people, in the 1989 census 19,747 people were counted.

Kerki on the left bank of the Amu Darya opposite Kerkiçi . The two places are connected by a railway bridge, and there are also railway connections to Turkmenabat , Qarshi and Termiz in Uzbekistan and Aqina in Afghanistan .

The place has been known since the 10th century. The Astana Baba mausoleum is an important pilgrimage site near Kerki. Kerki was granted town charter in 1925. From 1999 to 2017 the town was named Atamyrat, after the father of the former Turkmen President Saparmyrat Nyýazow .

Individual evidence

↑ bevoelkerungsstatistik.de: Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed April 9, 2013) @1@ 2

↑ BBC Monitoring International Reports: Turkmenistan completes railway bridge over Oxus (August 25, 2009, accessed April 9, 2013)

↑ Article Kerki in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)

↑ Внесены изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята (Russian) , Turkmenistan Bu Gün. November 27, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.

[1] voelkerungsstatistik.de: Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed April 9, 2013) @1@ 2

[2] BBC Monitoring International Reports: Turkmenistan completes railway bridge over Oxus (August 25, 2009, accessed April 9, 2013)

[3] Article Kerki in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)

[4] Внесены изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята (Russian) , Turkmenistan Bu Gün. November 27, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.