Daşköpri
village in Mary Province, Turkmenistan
Daşköpri, previously known as Tashkepri (in Russian: Ташкепри), is a village in Tagtabazar District, Mary Province, Turkmenistan. It is located circa 40 km northwest of Tagtabazar, along the Murgap river. In 2022, it had a population of 2,243 people.
Etymology
In Turkmen, Daşköpri is a compound of two words: "Daş" and "Köpri," which translate to "Stone" and "Bridge" respectively.
History
On 26 December 1991, the villages of Çemenabat, Daşköpri and Galaýmor were transferred from Tagtabazar District to Serhetabat District.
On 1st August 2016, the nearby village of Daşköpri bekedi was merged with Daşköpri by decree. The same decree transferred the village's rural council from Serhetabat District to Tagtabazar District.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Daşköpri” as village in Mary Province, Turkmenistan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Mary Province, Turkmenistan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28446869. Authority coordinates are 36.274, 62.649. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022, 1991 and 2016.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Daşköpri” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.