Ağrı, Azerbaijan

Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

Ağrı

Municipality

Ağrı

Coordinates: 38°55′N 45°56′E﻿ / ﻿38.917°N 45.933°E﻿ / 38.917; 45.933
Country|  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic| Nakhchivan
District| Ordubad
Population

(2005)[citation needed]

• Total

| 291
Time zone| UTC+4 (AZT)

Ağrı (also, Aghry) is a village in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is part of the municipality of the Vənənd village. The village is located in the right side of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 15 km away from the district center, on the left banks of the Venendchay river. Its population mainly is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, silkworm breeding and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 291.[1]

## Etymology

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The village took its name from the Ağrıdağ (Aghrydagh) Mount located in the east of the Turkey. In the Turkic languages the word of ağrı / ağru means "high, height".[2]

## References

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1. ^ Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. 2005. p. 18\. 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.

## External links

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* Ağrı (as Agry) at GEOnet Names Server

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Ordubad District

Capital: Ordubad

Settlements|

* Ağdərə
* Parağaçay
* Şəhriyar

Villages|

* Ağrı
* Anabad
* Anaqut
* Aşağı Əndəmic
* Aşağı Əylis
* Aza
* Azadkənd
* Baş Dizə
* Başkənd
* Behrud
* Biləv
* Bist
* Çənnəb
* Darkənd
* Dəstə
* Dırnıs
* Dizə
* Düylün
* Ələhi
* Gənzə
* Gilançay
* Kələki
* Kələntər Dizə
* Kilit
* Kotam
* Məzrə
* Nəsirvaz
* Nürgüt
* Nüsnüs
* Parağa
* Pəzməri
* Qoruqlar
* Qoşadizə
* Sabirkənd
* Tivi
* Unus
* Üstüpü
* Vələver
* Vənənd
* Xanağa
* Xurs
* Yuxarı Əndəmic
* Yuxarı Əylis

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