Farap
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Farap
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Prokudin-GorkiTurkmenistanyTrainStation.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- 1911 photograph, created by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Turkmenistan#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Turkmenistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lebap Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Çärjew District
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Located in
- Farap District
- Population
- +8524
- Elevation
- +191
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Farap District
- Image
- Prokudin-GorkiTurkmenistanyTrainStation.jpg
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Article
3 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Overview
- References
Farap, also known as Farab, or Firabr, is a city in Çärjew District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.
==Etymology== The name is of obscure origin and meaning. Vambery considered it a corruption of a Persian phrase meaning "pure water".