Sakarçäge is a
city
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
and capital of
Sakarçäge District
Sakarçäge District is a district of Mary Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Sakarçäge.
Founded in December 1938 as Sakarçäge, it moved to Mary at November 1939. Sakarçäge was abolished i ...
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Mary Region
Mary Region () is one of five provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary. Its area is and population 1,613,386 (2022 census).''Statistical Yearbook of Turkm ...
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
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Etymology
Atanyyazow states that the name is related to the Sakar people, a minor Turkmen tribe. The word ''çäge'' means sand. The settlement was previously called Çetili (Chetili).
References
Populated places in Mary Region
{{Cities of Turkmenistan