Əliabad, Nakhchivan

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]

For other places with similar names, see Aliabad.
Aliabad
Municipality
Azerbaijani: Əliabad
Aliabad is located in Azerbaijan
Aliabad
Aliabad
Coordinates: 39°13′36″N 45°23′54″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan AR
CityNakhchivan City
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total9,495
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

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
  1. World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 160. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  3. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3
  4. 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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