Türkmenabat
April 30, 2009 at 12:59 pm | In Blogging, Culture, Guide, Nature, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Travel, Trip, Turkmenistan, Vacation | Leave a Comment
Türkmenabat (Cyrillic Turkmen: Түркменабат; formerly Chardzhou, also spelled as Chardjui, Charjou, Chardzhev, Charjev, Chärjew or Charjew; Cyrillic Turkmen: Чәрҗев; Russian: Чарджоу) is a town in Turkmenistan, capital of the Lebap Province. As of 1999, it had a population of approximately 203,000 people (up from 161,000 in the 1989 census).
The name Chardjui is Persian (چهارجوی) and means “Four streams”.
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