Əliabad, Nakhchivan

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Aliabad
Municipality
Azerbaijani: Əliabad
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Aliabad
Coordinates: 39°13′36″N45°23′54″E / 39.22667°N 45.39833°E / 39.22667; 45.39833 Coordinates: 39°13′36″N45°23′54″E / 39.22667°N 45.39833°E / 39.22667; 45.39833
CountryFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic Nakhchivan AR
City Nakhchivan City
Population
 (2008) [1]
  Total9,495
Time zone UTC+4 (AZT)

Aliabad is a settlement and municipality in Nakhchivan City, Nakhchivan AR, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sharur highway, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, music school, library, club, kindergarten and a medical center in the settlement. In the center of the settlement was built the memorial complex of "Martyrs". It has a population of 9,495. [2]

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Etymology

In Soviet times, it was called in the name of Armenian bolshevik Alexander Miasnikian [ clarification needed ]. Since 1991, it is officially registered as Aliabad. The name of the settlement means "the settlement which belongs to Ali". [3]

Monuments

There was an Armenian church (St. Astvatsatsin Church) located in the central part of the settlement. [4] The church was destroyed at some point between 1997 and 2005. [4]

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References

  1. World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan [ dead link ] – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 160. ISBN   5-8066-1468-9.
  3. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN   978-9952-34-155-3
  4. 1 2 Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 330–333. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.