Serhetabat
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Southern Cross of the Russian Empire in Serhetabat, Turkmenistan Serhetabat (), formerly known as Guşgy or Kushka (), is a city in Tagtabazar District, Mary Province,Turkmenistan. Serhetabat lies in the valley of the Guşgy River, bordering Afghanistan. The city mirrors Torghundi, Afghanistan, with which it is connected by a road and a gauge railway. In 2022, it had a population of 16,038 people.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Serhetabat
- Settlement.other_name
- Serhetabat şäheri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Turkmenistan
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Turkmenistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mary Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tagtabazar District
- Settlement.population_as_of
Key dates
- Inception
- 1890
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- Кушка
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Tagtabazar District
- Official language
- Turkmen
- Population
- +5200
- Elevation
- +747
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Serhetabat District
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Overview
- Transport
- Climate
- References
thumb|300px|Southern Cross of the Russian Empire in Serhetabat, Turkmenistan Serhetabat (), formerly known as Guşgy or Kushka (), is a city in Tagtabazar District, Mary Province,Turkmenistan. Serhetabat lies in the valley of the Guşgy River, bordering Afghanistan. The city mirrors Torghundi, Afghanistan, with which it is connected by a road and a gauge railway. In 2022, it had a population of 16,038 people.
== Etymology == The name of the city is a Turkmen borrowing from Persian , consisting of two words: () meaning "border" and () meaning "inhabited place" (commonly used as a Persian suffix for naming places, such as Khorramabad, a city in Iran, and Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan). The name of the city corresponds to its geographic location on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border. A historical part of the Iranian city Karaj shares the same name, Sarhadabad.