Serhetabat

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Serhetabat
Серхетабад
State : TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan
Province : Mary welaýaty
Founded : 1890
Coordinates : 35 ° 17 ′  N , 62 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 17 ′  N , 62 ° 21 ′  E
Height : 747  m. ü. M.
 
Residents : 15,713 (2010)
 
Time zone : UTC + 5
Serhetabat (Turkmenistan)
Serhetabat
Serhetabat

Serhetabat , Russian Серхетабад Serchetabad (formerly Turkmen Guşgy , Russian Кушка Kuschka , Kuschk, Kushka ) is a city in Turkmenistan on the banks of the Kushka . The city lies on the border with Afghanistan , on the other side of the border is the city of Towraghondi , which is connected to Serhetabat by rail.

history

In March 1885, the battle for Kushka , also known as the Panjdeh incident, broke out near where we are today . The troops of the Russian Empire under General Alexander Komarov defeated the troops of the emirate of Afghanistan. As a result of the Russian victory, the former Afghan region around today's Serhetabat was occupied by Russian forces. In 1890 the settlement was founded as a Kuschka military outpost . On March 1, 1901, a regional railway line of the Trans Caspian Railway from Mary to Serhetabat opened, causing international excitement.

Serhetabat was the southernmost point of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union . A ten-meter-high stone cross, which was erected on the occasion of the three hundredth anniversary of the Romanov noble family , commemorates this.

traffic

In addition to the line to Mary, a broad-gauge railway of the former Soviet railway network runs from Serhetabat to Towraghondi in Afghanistan. The line was built in 1960 and put back into operation in 2007.

climate

Serhetabat
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Source: climatebase.ru
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for serhetabat
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Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 9.2 11.1 16.0 22.6 29.2 34.3 36.3 34.4 29.5 23.4 17.4 11.7 O 23
Min. Temperature (° C) −2.4 −0.5 3.7 8.6 12.1 15.6 18.0 15.5 9.7 5.0 1.5 −0.9 O 7.2
Precipitation ( mm ) 50 53 76 45 16 2 0 0 0 6th 14th 39 Σ 301
Rainy days ( d ) 10 10 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 6th 8th Σ 50
Humidity ( % ) 74 74 68 59 40 26th 23 23 28 41 62 74 O 49.2
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Source: climatebase.ru

Individual evidence

  1. Russia's secret railroad: Unknown to the world, 220 miles of rails have been laid . In: The Deseret News , April 8, 1899. 
  2. ^ Afghan rebuild underway . In: Railway Gazette International , July 12, 2007.