Arbatan, Nakhchivan

Arbatan
Arbatan
	Municipality
	Arbatan
	Coordinates: 39°31′N44°58′E / 39.517°N 44.967°E Coordinates: 39°31′N44°58′E / 39.517°N 44.967°E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Sharur
Population (2005)[ citation needed ]
• Total	731
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Last updated March 27, 2021

Arbatan (also, Arbat) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located on the right bank of the Arpachay River. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, farming, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, a medical center and domestic and commercial facilities in the village. It has a population of 731.^[1]

Etymology

Arbatan - the name means "the plain, gravel". In the toponomy of Turkic-speaking countries (Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan), Arba (t) is using in meaning as a geographic term "shallow, shallow place", "the plain", "sand, clay and the land area from the gravel". Some researchers say that the name is associated with the Arabic word of Rabat (caravanserai, mosques, guest house etc.).^[2]

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References

↑ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 34. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
↑ Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.

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[ANAS-1] ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 34. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.

[2] Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.

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v t e Sharur District
Capital: Sharur
Alışar Arbatan Arpaçay Aşağı Aralıq Aşağı Daşarx Aşağı Yayci Axaməd Axura Babəki Cəlilkənd Çəmənli Çərçiboğan Çomaxtur Danyeri Dəmirçi Dərəkənd Dərvişlər Diyadin Dizə Düdəngə Əlikli Ərəbyengicə Gümüşlü Günnüt Havuş Həmzəli İbadulla Kərimbəyli Kosacan Kürçülü Kürkənd Mahmudkənd Maxta Məmmədsabir Muğancıq Mehrab Muğancıq Müslüm Muğanlı Oğlanqala Oğuzkənd Püsyan Qaraburc Qarahəsənli Qarxun Qışlaqabbas Qorçulu Şahbulaq Şəhriyar Sərxanlı Siyaqut Stansiya Daşarx Tənənəm Təzəkənd Təzəkənd Tumaslı Vayxır Vərməziyar Xanlıqlar Xələc Xətai Yengicə Yeni Havuş Yuxarı Aralıq Yuxarı Daşarx Yuxarı Yayci Zeyvə