Aşağı Uzunoba

Aşağı Uzunoba (also, Ashagy Uzunoba and Uzun-oba-ashaga) is a village and municipality in the Babek Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the right side of the Nakhchivan-Shahbuz highway, 18 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Nakhchivanchay River. Its population is busy with grain growing, vegetable-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 448.[1] The name of the village means "the Uzunoba village which is located in the below".[2]

Aşağı Uzunoba
Municipality
Aşağı Uzunoba
Coordinates: 39°16′29″N 45°26′23″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
RayonBabek
Population
 (2005)
  Total448
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Notable Natives

  • Ziyafet Askerov - (24.10.1963, Aşağı Uzunoba, Babek District) First Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijan Parliament of the Azerbaijan Republic.[3]

References

  1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 37. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  2. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
  3. Milli Məclisin tərkibi


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