Ərəbuşağı | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 40°31′50″N48°25′09″E / 40.53056°N 48.41917°E Coordinates: 40°31′50″N48°25′09″E / 40.53056°N 48.41917°E | |
Country | |
Rayon | Agsu |
Population [ citation needed ] | |
• Total | 1,745 |
Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
• Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
Ərəbuşağı (also, Arabushagy) is a village and municipality in the Agsu Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,745.
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.
The Alawis, also rendered as Alawites, are a sect of the Ghulat branch of Shia Islam, primarily centred in Syria. The eponymously-named Alawites revere Ali, considered the first Imam of the Twelver school. However, they are considered to be ghulat by orthodox Shia Islam. The group is believed to have been founded by Ibn Nusayr during the 9th century and fully established as a religion. For this reason, Alawites are sometimes called Nusayris, though the term has come to be used as a pejorative in the modern era. Another name, "Ansari", is believed to be a mistransliteration of "Nusayri".
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