Şəhriyar, Sharur
Şəhriyar (also, Shahriyar and Shahriar) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 3 km in the west from the district center, on the Sharur plain. Its population is busy with tobacco-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library, mosque and a hospital in the village. It has a population of 2,348.
Etymology
The village was named in Şəhriyar (Shahriyar)in honor of the notable Azerbaijani poet of Məhəmməd Şəhriyar (Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar).
References
- ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
- ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. II. Baku: ANAS. p. 301. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
- ^ Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.