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Place in Mary, Turkmenistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sandykgaçy | |
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Coordinates: 36°32′46″N 62°33′27″E | |
Country | Turkmenistan |
Province | Mary |
District | Tagtabazar District |
Rural Council | Sandykgaçy geňeşligi |
Elevation | 301 m (988 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (TMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (TMT) |
Sandykgaçy[1] is a village in and the seat of Sandykgaçy geňeşligi (rural council), Tagtabazar District, in Mary Province, Turkmenistan.[2] It is located on the Murghab River. In the Soviet period the name was applied to a fruit and vegetable sovkhoz located at this village.[3]
The Turkmen word sandykgaçy means "box". Atanyyazow explains that in antiquity the name appeared as "Sandykgachan", meaning "boxed (in)", because of the high, steep slopes that enclose the village.[3]
The Panjdeh Incident was an armed engagement between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Russian Empire in 1885 that led to a diplomatic crisis between the Russian and the British Empires regarding the Russian expansion south-eastwards towards the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Raj (India). It happened near Sandykgaçy.
The village is served by both the A-388 highway between Serhetabat and Ýolöten and a station on the rail line to Serhetabat.[4]
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