Şəhriyar, Ordubad

Coordinates: 38°55′07″N 46°02′00″E / 38.91861°N 46.03333°E / 38.91861; 46.03333
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Şəhriyar
Municipality
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Şəhriyar (also, Shahriyar) is a municipality and settlement in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Previous name was Ordubad. It was changed to Shahriyar on 1 March 2003.[1] It has a population of 309.[citation needed]

Etymology

In 2003, the settlement was named Shahriyar in honor of the notable Azerbaijani poet Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar.[2]

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