Kerki

For the village in Azerbaijan, see Karki, Azerbaijan.
Kerki
Kerki
Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates:
Country Turkmenistan
Province Lebap Province

Kerki is a town in eastern Turkmenistan. It is located in Lebap Province.

Nearby towns and villages include Atamyrat (1.7 nm) , Mukry (3.3 nm), Amyderya (2.1 nm), Surkhi (3.1 nm) and Kiikchi (2.2 nm) . [1].

The town is served by Kerki airport located 2 miles from the town centre.

The name Kerki is a Turkified pronunciation of the original Persian name Karkuh (کرکوه) meaning "Deaf Mountain.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Falling rain gazetteer
  2. ^ Muqaddasī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, and M. J. de Goeje. 1967. Kitāb Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʻrifat al-aqālīm. Bibliotheca geographorum Arabicorum, pars 3. Laydin: Maṭbaʻ Brīl.

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