modern city of Mary

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The modern city of Mary is a major urban center in southeastern Turkmenistan, known as an important industrial and cultural hub near the ruins of the ancient Silk Road city of Merv.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
modern city of Mary canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
regional capital ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType welaýat capital ⓘ
agriculturalProduct cotton ⓘ
grain ⓘ
capitalOf Mary Region ⓘ
climate arid climate ⓘ
climateClassification Köppen BWh ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Turkmenistan ⓘ
countryCapitalStatus not a national capital ⓘ
distanceToAshgabat approximately 350 km east ⓘ
economicActivity services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
economyDependsOn hydrocarbon sector ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
formerName Merv (for the settlement area historically) ⓘ
hasAirport Mary International Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution cultural centers ⓘ
museums ⓘ
theatres ⓘ
hasHeritage Persian cultural influence ⓘ
Silk Road history ⓘ
Turkmen cultural traditions ⓘ
hasIndustry construction materials ⓘ
cotton processing ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
natural gas processing ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
hasTransport highway connection ⓘ
railway connection ⓘ
historicalRegion Khorasan ⓘ
languageUsed Russian ⓘ
Turkmen ⓘ
linked to: Turkmen language
locatedIn southeastern Turkmenistan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Mary Region ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Murghab River ⓘ
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Gyaur Kala ⓘ
Sultan Kala ⓘ
nearbyFeature Karakum Desert ⓘ
nearbySite UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ancient Merv" ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Merv

ancient city of Merv ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Merv
partOf Silk Road region ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
role cultural center ⓘ
industrial hub ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
timeZone UTC+5 ⓘ
urbanStatus major city of Turkmenistan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancient Merv → near → modern city of Mary ⓘ
Marv → near → modern city of Mary ⓘ