Türkmenabat
Türkmenabat, formerly known as Çärjew, is the second-largest city in Turkmenistan and the administrative centre of Lebap Province.
Türkmenabat, formerly known as Çärjew, is the second-largest city in Turkmenistan and the administrative centre of Lebap Province. As of 2022, it had a population of approximately 231,000 people. From 1924 to 1927, it was given the name Leninsk in honour of Vladimir Lenin.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Lebap Regional Museum, Shaidakov köcesi 35. Mon-Sat 09:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00. It has an ethnographic section with a yurt and a diorama of a silversmith workshop. US$0.20. Russian Orthodox Church, Magtymguly sayoli. Amul' Settlement (10 km from the city center).
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Where to eat
Restaurant Lebap, Puskin köcesi,. 09:00-23:00. US$2. Restaurant Vostok, Shaidakov köcesi. US$1. Restaurant Traktir, Arsarybaba köcesi 14,. 11:00-23:00. US$2.
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Getting to Türkmenabat
- Airports
- Türkmenabat (CRZ), 17 km · Bukhara (BHK), 110 km
- Stations
- Turkmenabat Airport, 4 km
- Daşoguz → Türkmenabat433 km · quickest by road, 9h 22m · $43–60
- Ashgabat → Türkmenabat469 km · quickest by road, 7h 4m · $50–70
- Bukhara → Türkmenabat107 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · $11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Türkmenabat
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Türkmenabat. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTake a taxi from Bukhara to the border (US$8) at Farab or a shared taxi to Uzbek Olot (Qarakul) and then a taxi to the border.
- Get inA taxi should cost about US$5 and a seat in a shared taxi less than US$1.
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Next door to Türkmenabat
- Çärjew Districtdistrict in Lebap Province, Turkmenistan1.7 km