Amu Darya (town)

For the river, see Amu Darya.

Amu Darya (Turkmen: Amyderýa) is a town 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.^[1][2]

Amu Darya Amyderýa şäherçesi
Amu Darya Location in Turkmenistan
Coordinates: 37°53′N 65°15′E
Country	Turkmenistan
Province	Lebap Province
District	Köýtendag District
Elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Population  (1989 census)[1]
• Total	5,018
Time zone	UTC+5

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 Uzbekistan, through the far east of Turkmenistan, and then back to Termez in Uzbekistan and finally Dushanbe in Tajikistan. 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.^[3][4] The P-37 highway connects the town to the nearby municipalities of Kerkichi and Dostluk, and farther east to Köýtendag and the border with Uzbekistan. The P-89 highway leads north to the Uzbek border town of Tallimarjon.