Amu Dar'ya (town)

Amu Dar'ya (Turkmen: Amyderýa) is a town in Köýtendag District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan, on the river of the same name opposite the town of Kerki. As of 1989, it had a population of 5,018.[1][2]

For the river, see Amu Darya.
Amu Dar'ya
Amyderýa şäherçesi
Amu Dar'ya is located in Turkmenistan
Amu Dar'ya
Amu Dar'ya
Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 37°53′N 65°15′E
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceLebap Province
DistrictKöýtendag District
Elevation
244 m (801 ft)
Population
 (1989 census)[1]
 • Total5,018
Time zoneUTC+5

Geography

Amu Dar'ya is located at an elevation of 265 meters on the banks of the Amu-Darya River.

Notable people
  • Recep Bazarov (born 1958), Turkmen statesman and politician

Transportation

Amu Dar'ya is on a branch of the Trans-Caspian railway that leads from Samarqand in Uzbekistan, through the far east of Turkmenistan, and then back to Termez in Uzbekistan and finally Dushanbe in Tajikistan. Amu Dar'ya is one of three major stations on this line in Turkmenistan, along with Köýtendag and Kelif.

The P-39 highway connects the city to Kerki across the Amu-Darya river by the Atamyrat-Kerkichi Bridge constructed Ukrainian builders.[3][4] The P-37 highway connects the town to the nearby municipalities of Kerkichi and Dostluk, and farther east to Köýtendag and the border with Uzbekistan. The P-89 highway leads north to the Uzbek border town of Tallimarjon.

References
  1. Population census 1989 Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine, Demoscope Weekly, No. 359-360, 1–18 January 2009 (search for пгт Аму-Дарья) (in Russian)
  2. "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.
  3. "Янукович пешком прошел 1,5-километровый украинский мост в Туркменистане". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  4. Президенты Туркменистана и Украины приняли участие в церемонии ввода и закладки важных объектов в Лебапском велаяте

37°53′N 65°15′E

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