Şəhriyar, Ordubad
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. It has a population of 309.
Etymology
In 2003, the settlement was named Shahriyar in honor of the notable Azerbaijani poet Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar.
References
- ^ AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ Q A N U N U
- ^ Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume II. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
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