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) |
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]
Etymology
In Soviet times, it was called in the name of Armenian bolshevik Alexander Miasnikian. Since 1991, it is officially registered as Aliabad. The name of the settlement means "the settlement which belongs to Ali".[3]
Monuments
There 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
References
- ↑ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – 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
- 1 2 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.