Kerki

:"For the village in Azerbaijan, see Karki, Azerbaijan."Infobox Settlement
official_name = Kerki
native_name = Kerkiçi


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Kerkiçi also known as 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) . [Falling rain gazetteer] . 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. [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.]

ee also

*List of cities, towns and villages in Turkmenistan

References

External links

* [http://www.maplandia.com/turkmenistan/chardzhou/kerkici/ Satellite map at Maplandia.com]