Şahlıq

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Şahlıq
Municipality
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Şahlıq
Coordinates: 40°28′18″N47°29′24″E / 40.47167°N 47.49000°E / 40.47167; 47.49000 Coordinates: 40°28′18″N47°29′24″E / 40.47167°N 47.49000°E / 40.47167; 47.49000
CountryFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Rayon Ujar
Population [ citation needed ]
  Total 1,038
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Şahlıq (also, Shakhlyk) is a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,038.

Municipality An administrative division having corporate status and usually some powers of self-government or jurisdiction

A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.

Azerbaijan Republic in Western Asia and Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and has an 11 km long border with Turkey in the northwest.

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