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Şahbulaq, Sharur

Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

39°39′11″N 45°08′46″E / 39.65306°N 45.14611°E / 39.65306; 45.14611Country

AzerbaijanAutonomous republicNakhchivanDistrictSharurPopulation

(2005)^{[citation needed]}

• Total564Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Şahbulaq (until 2003,^[1] Cağazur, Jaghazur, Dzhaghazur, and Dzhagazyr) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 22 km away from the district center. The village is surrounded by mountains on all sides which form the border with Armenia. Its population mainly is busy with gardening and animal husbandry.^{[citation needed]} Since 1988 the Şahbulaq village were subjected to incessant armed attacks by the Armenians, however all such attacks were prevented by a self-defence group.^{[citation needed]} The new school has been built^[when?] and the water pipeline was laid^[when?] in the Şahbulaq village. There is also a library, club^{[clarification needed]} and a medical centre in the village.^{[citation needed]} It has a population of 564.^[2]

Etymology

Its previous name was Cağazur (Jaghazur).^{[citation needed]} The name was made out from the components of the Cağa (small) and zur (height) means "small hill, small height". The name reflects the geographical position of the area. Since 2003, it was officially registered as Şahbulaq (Shahbulag). The current name of the village is related with the same named spring in the area.^[3]

References

^ Azerbaijan Parliament - renaming law
^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 284. 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.