Sakarçäge is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ...

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Sakarçäge District Sakarçäge District is a Districts of Turkmenistan, district of Mary Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Sakarçäge. Founded in December 1938 as Sakarçäge, it moved to Mary Region, Mary at Nov ...

Mary Region Mary Region ( tk, Mary welaýaty, Мары велаяты) is one of five provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary. Its area is and population 1,480,400 ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

Etymology

Atanyyazow states that the name is related to the Sakar people, a minor Turkmen tribe. The word ''çäge'' means sand. The settlement was previously called Çetili (Chetili).

References

Populated places in Mary Region {{Cities of Turkmenistan