Farap
Farap, also known as Farab, or Firabr, is a city in Çärjew District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.
Border crossing from Farap into Alat, Uzbekistan.
Etymology
The name is of obscure origin and meaning. Vambery considered it a corruption of a Persian phrase meaning "pure water".
Overview
Farap is the site of a border crossing into Alat, Uzbekistan.
References
- ^ "Farap, Lebap, Turkmenistan". Mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
Lat/Long (dec): 39.17037,63.61165
- ^ "Elevation of Farap, Turkmenistan Elevation Map, Topography, Contour". Floodmap.net. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
187 meters
- ^ "Farap, Lebap, Turkmenistan". Mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
Population: 14,503 (2012)
- ^ "Farap, Lebap, Turkmenistan". Mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
Alternative Names: Farab, Farap, Фарап
- ^ The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate. ISBN 978-1616405120.
- ^ "Постановление Меджлиса Милли Генгеша Туркменистана" (in Russian). Электронная газета «Золотой век». 10 November 2022.
- ^ Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. p. 281.
- ^ Caravanistan - Uzbekistan border crossings, retrieved 13 September 2019
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