Avşar, Aghjabadi

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Avşar
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Avşar
Coordinates: 39°58′26″N47°25′26″E / 39.97389°N 47.42389°E / 39.97389; 47.42389 Coordinates: 39°58′26″N47°25′26″E / 39.97389°N 47.42389°E / 39.97389; 47.42389
CountryFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Rayon Aghjabadi
Population [ citation needed ]
  Total 5,600
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Avşar (also, Uzeirkend and Üzejirkənd) is a village and municipality in the Aghjabadi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 5,600.

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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