Sarakhs

Sarakhs is a city in the Central District of Sarakhs County, province, , serving as capital of both the county and the district. Sarakhs was once a stopping point along the Silk Road, and in its 11th century heyday had many libraries.
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  • Type: Town with 42,200 residents
  • Description: city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Serakhs”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tappeh-ye Mir Ahmad and Ebrāhīmābād.

Village
is a village in Sarakhs Rural District of the Central District in Sarakhs County, province, . is situated 4½ km northwest of Sarakhs.

Village
Ebrahimabad is a village in Sarakhs Rural District of the Central District in Sarakhs County, province, . is situated 4½ km west of Sarakhs.

Village
is a village in Sarakhs Rural District of the Central District in Sarakhs County, province, . is situated 5 km southwest of Sarakhs.

Sarakhs

Latitude
36.53991° or 36° 32′ 24″ north
Longitude
61.15644° or 61° 9′ 23″ east
Population
42,200
Elevation
276 metres (906 feet)
IATA airport code
CKT
United Nations Location Code
IR CKT
Open location code
8J83G5Q4+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3921022605
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1159716
Wiki­data ID
Q765536
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sarakhs” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سرخس”
  • Arabic: “مدينة سرخس”
  • Armenian: “Սարախս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sərəxs”
  • Bengali: “সারখাস (ইরান)”
  • Bengali: “সারখাস”
  • Catalan: “Sarakhs”
  • Cebuano: “Sarakhs (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Sarakhs”
  • Central Kurdish: “سەرەخس”
  • Chinese: “萨拉赫斯”
  • Chinese: “薩拉赫斯”
  • Croatian: “Sarahs”
  • Czech: “Sarachs”
  • Dutch: “Sarakhs”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سرخس (إيران)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سرخس”
  • Esperanto: “Saraĥs”
  • French: “Sarakhs”
  • German: “Sarachs”
  • Hebrew: “סרח’ס”
  • Irish: “Sarakhs”
  • Italian: “Sarakhs”
  • Japanese: “サラフス”
  • Kurdish: “Serexs”
  • Malagasy: “Sarakhs”
  • Mazanderani: “سرخس”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sarakhs”
  • Persian: “سرخس”
  • Romanian: “Sarakhs”
  • Russian: “Сарахс”
  • Russian: “Серахс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sarahs”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سرخس”
  • Spanish: “Sarajs”
  • Swedish: “Sarakhs, Iran”
  • Swedish: “Sarakhs”
  • Tajik: “Saraxs”
  • Tajik: “Сараxс”
  • Tajik: “Сарахс”
  • Turkish: “Serahs”
  • Turkmen: “Sarahs”
  • Ukrainian: “Серахс”
  • Urdu: “سرخس”
  • Venetian: “Sarakhs”
  • Western Panjabi: “سرخس”

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