Köýtendag is a

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and the administrative center of Köýtendag District in Lebap Province, Turkmenistan. On 29 December 1999, by Parliamentary Resolution No. HM-61, the city and district of Çarşangy (sometimes rendered as "Charshangy") were renamed Köýtendag. On 27 July 2016, by Parliamentary Resolution No. 425-V the town of Köýtendag was upgraded in status to "city in a district". Köýtendag is located at an altitude of 265 meters on the banks of the

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River, which forms the border with Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan. The Afghan town of

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is on the opposite side of the river. Köýtendag is near the eastern end of Lebap Province, and indeed all of Turkmenistan. The plains surrounding the river are quite flat. Near the river the land is quite fertile and arable, supporting some farming, but further from the river the land is arid. To the northeast the

Köýtendag Range Köýtendag Range (also Koytendag Range or Kugitangtau Range, tk, Köýtendag) is a spur of the Pamir-Alay mountains in the south-east of Turkmenistan, extending along the border with Uzbekistan's Surxondaryo Region Surxondaryo Region ( uz, Su ...

rises dramatically, including Turkmenistan's highest mountain,

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Etymology

The name is a compound of Köýten plus the

Turkmen Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to: Peoples Historical ethnonym * Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages Ethnic groups * Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...

word ''dag'' ("mountain"). Köýten is in turn a Turkified version of the Persian compound ''Kuhi tang'', ''kuhi'' - "mountain" and ''tang'' - "narrow". The name previously applied to the valley as well as the mountains. According to Atanyyazow, ''Çarşaňňy'' is the name of a Turkmen tribe.

Climate

Köýtendag has a hot desert climate ( Köppen climate classification ''BWh''), with cool winters and very hot summers. Rainfall is generally light and erratic, and occurs mainly in the winter and autumn months.

Transportation

Köýtendag 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. Köýtendag is one of three stations on this line in Turkmenistan, along with Amydarya and

Mukry Mukry is a town in Köýtendag District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan. It is located near Kerki and Amu Dar'ya. Etymology Mukry is the name of a Turkmen tribe. The town was named Akgumdänajy ( Акгумдәнаҗы) at some point but the name M ...

. That rail line is connected to the Turkmen rail network at the

Kerki Kerki is a city in and capital of Kerki District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan. It was formerly known as Zamm and, between 1999 and 2017, as Atamyrat. Geography It is situated on a plain on the left bank of the Amu Darya river. Nearby towns a ...

junction. The P-37 highway connects the city to

to the west and the border with Uzbekistan in the east.

References

Populated places in Lebap Region {{Cities of Turkmenistan