Central Asia
Turkmenistan
Mary Province

Merv

Merv is an old city on the Silk Road 35 km east of the modern city of in the of . There is a state park for the old city center, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Turkmenistan
  • Also known as: “Margush”, “Marv”, “Marw”, “Merve Oasis”, and “Merw”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mary Provincial Regional and History Museum and Gurbanguly Hajy Mosque.

Museum
Mary History Museum is a history museum of , , located in the center of the city. The exposition of the museum reflects the history and culture of Mary from ancient times to the present day, is unique in size and content of the exhibits.

Mosque
The Gurbanguly Hajji Mosque is a in . It was completed in 2009, during the rule of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. It is a prominent landmark in Mary with its four minarets.

Library
Mary is a city on an oasis in the in , located on the Murgab River. It was founded in 1884 about 30 kilometres from the ruins of the ancient abandoned great city of Merv and was actually named Merv until 1937.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mary.

Photo: Hergit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , . Most travellers' main reason to visit it is to reach the ruins of the ancient city of Merv, which are 35 km to the east.

Merv

Latitude
37.6° or 37° 36′ north
Longitude
61.86° or 61° 51′ 36″ east
Open location code
8J93HVX6+X2
Wiki­data ID
Q193325
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Merv” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماري”
  • Arabic: “مدينة مرو”
  • Arabic: “مرو الشاهجان”
  • Armenian: “Մերվ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərv”
  • Bashkir: “Мерв”
  • Basque: “Merv”
  • Belarusian: “Мерв”
  • Bengali: “মার্ভ”
  • Bengali: “মার্ভ‌”
  • Bulgarian: “Мерв”
  • Catalan: “Alexandria de Margiana”
  • Catalan: “Antioquia Margiana”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat de Merw”
  • Catalan: “Marw al-Shahidjan”
  • Catalan: “Merv”
  • Chinese: “木鹿”
  • Chinese: “木鹿地區”
  • Chinese: “梅尔夫”
  • Chinese: “梅爾夫”
  • Chinese: “马兰城”
  • Chinese: “马雷”
  • Chinese: “麻里兀”
  • Croatian: “Marv”
  • Croatian: “Merv”
  • Czech: “Merv”
  • Danish: “Merv”
  • Dutch: “Merv”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرو الشاجان”
  • Esperanto: “Merv”
  • Finnish: “Merv”
  • French: “Merv”
  • Georgian: “მერვი”
  • German: “Marw”
  • German: “Merw”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια η επί του Μάργου”
  • Greek: “Αντιόχεια η Μαργιανή”
  • Greek: “Μερβ”
  • Hebrew: “מרב העתיקה”
  • Hindi: “मर्व”
  • Hungarian: “Merv”
  • Indonesian: “Marw”
  • Italian: “Alessandria in Margiana”
  • Italian: “Marw”
  • Italian: “Merv”
  • Japanese: “マルヴ”
  • Japanese: “メルヴ”
  • Japanese: “メルフ”
  • Japanese: “メルブ”
  • Japanese: “メルブ遺跡”
  • Kazakh: “Merv”
  • Kazakh: “Мерв”
  • Kazakh: “مەرۆ”
  • Kirghiz: “Мерв”
  • Korean: “마르브”
  • Korean: “메르부”
  • Korean: “메르브”
  • Latin: “Alexandria Margiana”
  • Latvian: “Merva”
  • Lithuanian: “Mervas”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Merv”
  • Macedonian: “Мерв”
  • Maithili: “प्राचीन मर्भ राज्य एतिहासिक आ सांस्कृतिक निकुञ्ज”
  • Malay: “Merv”
  • Malayalam: “മെർവ്”
  • Maltese: “Merv”
  • Mazanderani: “مرو”
  • Moksha: “Мэрв”
  • Nepali: ““प्राचीन मर्भ” राज्य एतिहासिक र सांस्कृतिक निकुञ्ज”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merv”
  • Norwegian: “Merv”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਰਵ”
  • Persian: “مرگوش”
  • Persian: “مرگیان”
  • Persian: “مرو”
  • Persian: “موئورو”
  • Polish: “Aleksandria Margiańska”
  • Polish: “Antiochia Margiańska”
  • Polish: “Merw”
  • Portuguese: “Marve”
  • Portuguese: “Merv”
  • Portuguese: “Parque nacional histórico e cultural da ‘merv antiga’”
  • Romanian: “Merv”
  • Russian: “Гяур-кала”
  • Russian: “Мерв Древний”
  • Russian: “Мерв”
  • Scots: “Merv”
  • Serbian: “Merv”
  • Serbian: “Мерв”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Merv”
  • Slovenian: “Merv”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مرو”
  • Spanish: “Alejandria de Margiana”
  • Spanish: “Alejandría de Margiana”
  • Spanish: “Margu”
  • Spanish: “Merv”
  • Swedish: “Merv”
  • Tajik: “Марв”
  • Tatar: “Мәрв каласы археологик аланы”
  • Turkish: “Merv”
  • Turkmen: “Merw”
  • Tuvinian: “Мерв”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерв”
  • Urdu: “مرو”
  • Uzbek: “Marv”
  • Vietnamese: “Merv”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Merv”
  • Western Frisian: “Merv”
  • Wu Chinese: “梅尔夫”

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