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 | |
Coordinates: 39°13′36″N 45°23′54″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan AR |
City | Nakhchivan City |
Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 9,495 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
In 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]
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]
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