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:''For the village in Azerbaijan, see Karki, Azerbaijan.'' Atamurat is a town in eastern Turkmenistan. It is located in Lebap Province. It was formerly known as Kerki. It is situated on a plain on the left bank of the Amu Darya river. ==Overview== Nearby towns and villages include 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 Atamurat airport located 2 miles (3 km) from the town centre. In August 2012, the state national company Turkmenistan Airlines has announced an international tender for the design and construction of a new complex with the capacity of 100 passengers per hour. In February 2013 was commissioned road bridge connecting the city with village Kerkichi.〔(Президенты Украины и Туркмении открыли мост через Амударью и заложили новый аэропорт )〕 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.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atamurat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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