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]
Aliabad | |
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Municipality | |
| Azerbaijani: Əliabad | |
  Aliabad | |
| Coordinates: 39°13′36″N 45°23′54″E / 39.22667°N 45.39833°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan AR |
| City | Nakhchivan City |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 9,495 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Etymology
editIn 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
editThere 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 160. 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
- ^ a b 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.
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