Amu Darya () is a

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in Köýtendag District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan, on the river of the same name opposite the town of Kerki. As of 1989, it had a population of 5,018.

Geography

Amu Darya is located at an elevation of 265 meters on the banks of the Amu-Darya River.

Notable people

* Recep Bazarov (born 1958), Turkmen statesman and politician

Transportation

Amu Darya is on a branch of the Trans-Caspian railway that leads from Samarqand in

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, through the far east of Turkmenistan, and then back to Termez in Uzbekistan and finally

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. Amu Darya is one of three major stations on this line in Turkmenistan, along with Köýtendag and Kelif. The P-39 highway connects the city to Kerki across the Amu-Darya river by the Atamyrat-Kerkichi Bridge constructed Ukrainian builders.Президенты Туркменистана и Украины приняли участие в церемонии ввода и закладки важных объектов в Лебапском велаяте
/ref> The P-37 highway connects the town to the nearby municipalities of Kerkichi and Dostluk, and farther east to Köýtendag and the border with

. The P-89 highway leads north to the Uzbek border town of Tallimarjon.

References

Populated places in Lebap Region {{Turkmenistan-geo-stub