Sarahs
Sarahs is an oasis city in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan, and the administrative center of Sarahs district. It is one of the oases of the ancient Silk Road lying between Merw to the east and Mashhad to the west. In 2022, the city had a population of 31,269.- Type: City with 31,300 residents
- Description: place in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
- Also known as: “Saragt” and “Sarakhs”
- Address: Sarahs
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarakhs and Qush-e Kohneh.
Sarakhs
Town
Photo: Eziz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sarakhs is a city in the Central District of Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, 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.
Qush-e Kohneh
Village
Qush-e Kohneh is a village in Sarakhs Rural District of the Central District in Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Qush-e Kohneh is situated 9 km southwest of Sarahs.
Qush-e Alijan
Village
Qush-e Alijan is a village in Sarakhs Rural District of the Central District in Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Qush-e Alijan is situated 9 km west of Sarahs.
Sarahs
- Categories: human settlement, border city, and locality
- Location: Ahal Province, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.52374° or 36° 31′ 26″ northLongitude
61.21522° or 61° 12′ 55″ eastPopulation
31,300Elevation
284 metres (932 feet)United Nations Location Code
TM SRKOpen location code
8J83G6F8+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 275224234OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Sarahs” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سرخس”
- Bulgarian: “Сарахс”
- Cebuano: “Sarahs”
- Chinese: “謝拉赫斯”
- Dutch: “Serakhs”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سرخس”
- Finnish: “Sarahs”
- French: “Serakhs”
- Hindi: “सरख्स”
- Irish: “Sarahs”
- Italian: “Sarahs”
- Japanese: “セラフス”
- Kazakh: “Серахс”
- Persian: “سرخس، ترکمنستان”
- Persian: “سرخس”
- Polish: “Sarahs”
- Polish: “Serachs”
- Russian: “Сарахс”
- Russian: “Серахс”
- Spanish: “Sarajs”
- Swedish: “Sarahs”
- Tatar: “Сәрахс”
- Turkish: “Serahs, Türkmenistan”
- Turkish: “Serahs”
- Turkmen: “Sarahs”
- Ukrainian: “Сарахс”
- Uzbek: “Saraxs”
- Western Panjabi: “سرخس ،ترکمانستان”
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