Julfa, Azerbaijan (city)
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For other places with the same name, see Julfa (disambiguation).
Julfa (Azerbaijani: Culfa),[lower-alpha 1] formerly Jugha (Armenian: Ջուղա, also transliterated as Djugha), is a city and the capital of the Julfa District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Julfa
Culfa Ջուղա Jugha | |
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City and Municipality | |
Culfa | |
Coordinates: 38°57′21″N 45°37′51″E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
District | Julfa |
Elevation | 715 m (2,346 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,500 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
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Julfa is separated by the Aras River from its namesake, the town of Jolfa on the Iranian side of the border. The two towns are linked by a road bridge and a railway bridge.
Both the absolute minimum temperature (−33 °C or −27.4 °F) and the absolute maximum temperature (46 °C or 114.8 °F) were observed in Julfa (and also in Ordubad).[2]