Mary, Turkmenistan
Mary (pronounced Mur-ree) is a ceety o Turkmenistan, caipital o the Mary Province. Umwhile names include Merv, Meru an Margiana. In 1999 its population wis 123,000 (up frae 92,000 in the 1989 census).
Mary | |
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  Mary Location in Turkmenistan | |
| Coordinates: 37°36′N 61°50′E / 37.600°N 61.833°E | |
| Kintra |  Turkmenistan |
| Province | Mary Province |
| Population (1989 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 92,290 |
Geography eedit
It is locatit at 37°36′N 61°50′E / 37.600°N 61.833°E. The ceety is an oasis in the Karakum Desert, locatit on the Murghab river.
History eedit
Ancient ceety o Merv eedit
Merv wis an oasis ceety on the Silk Road.
Modren history eedit
Merv Oasis wis occupied bi Imperial Roushie in 1884, triggerin the Panjdeh Incident atween Afghan forces an the Imperial Roushie Airmy. The modren settlement wis foondit later that year as a Roushie military an administrative post.
A force o the Breetish Indian Airmy consistin o a machine gun detachment comprisin 40 Punjabi troops an a Breetish officer resistit the Bolsheviks near Merv in August 1918 in wha wis the first direct confrontation atween Breetish an Roushie troops since the Crimea War.[2]
It wis developed bi the Soviet Union as a center for cotton production through the uise o extensive irrigation. In 1968, huge reserves o natural gas wur discovered 20 kilometers wast o the toun.
Economy eedit
Mary is Turkmenistan's fowert-lairgest ceety, an a lairge industrial centre, for the natural gas an cotton industries, the naition's twa major export industries. It is a trade center for cotton, cereals, hides, an oo.
Sichts eedit
Mary haes little tae recommend it ither than its interestin Regional Museum. Housomeivver, it lies near the remains o the ancient ceety o Merv, which in corruptit form gives its name tae the modren toun. The main fitbaa team is Merw Mary who play at the Mary Stadium.
Notable fowk eedit
- Akmammedov Myratgeldy -politeecian
- Khadyr Saparlyev-politeecian
Sister ceeties eedit
References eedit
- ↑ Population census 1989, Demoscope Weekly, No. 359-360, 1–18 January 2009 (search for Туркменская ССР) (in Roushie)
- ↑ On Secret Service East of Constantinople by Peter Hopkirk, John Murray, 1994