Əliabad, Nakhchivan

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Əliabad
Municipality
Əliabad is located in Azerbaijan
Əliabad
Əliabad
Coordinates: 39°13′36″N 45°23′54″E / 39.22667°N 45.39833°E / 39.22667; 45.39833Coordinates: 39°13′36″N 45°23′54″E / 39.22667°N 45.39833°E / 39.22667; 45.39833
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
CityNakhchivan City
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total9,495
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Əliabad (also, Myasnikabad and Myasnikovabad) is a settlement and municipality in Nakhchivan City, Nakhchivan, 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]

Etymology[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 160. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9. |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ 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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