Kerki
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Kerki is a town
in eastern Turkmenistan
. It is located in Lebap Province
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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) .
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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.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in eastern Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
. It is located in Lebap Province
Lebap Province
Lebap Province is one of the provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the northeast of the country, bordering Uzbekistan along the Amu Darya. Its capital is Türkmenabat...
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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) .
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The town is served by Kerki airport
Kerki Airport
Kerkiçi Airport or Kerki Airport is an airport in the town of Kerki in eastern Turkmenistan.It lies at an altitude of 237 metres ....
located 2 miles from the town centre.
The name Kerki is a Turkified pronunciation of the original Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
name Karkuh (کرکوه) meaning "Deaf Mountain.