Əliabad, Nakhchivan

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]

For other places with similar names, see Aliabad.
Əliabad
Municipality
Əliabad
Coordinates: 39°13′36″N 45°23′54″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
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 Əliabad (Aliabad). The name of the settlement means "the settlement which belongs to Ali".[3]

References
  1. World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume 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.


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