Nakhchivan
capital of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan
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Nakhchivan is a city[1]. Nakhchivan ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,369 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic[3]
- Country: Azerbaijan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Naxçıvançay[5]
- Instance of: şəhər[6]
- Official language: Azerbaijani[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Batumi[8], Brest[9], Veliko Tarnovo[10], Kota Kinabalu[11], Chongqing[12]
- Postal code: AZ 7000[13]
- Commons category: Nakhchivan (city)[14]
- Licence plate code: 70[15], 85[16], 75[17]
- Located in time zone: UTC+04:00[18]
- Inception: 1500 BC[19]
- Coordinate location: 39.208888888889, 45.412222222222[20]
- Official website: http://www.nakhchivan.az/[21], http://nakhchivan-ih.gov.az/[22], https://nakhchivan.preslib.az/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nakhchivan (city)[24]
- Population: 8790[25], 8946[26], 15,694[27], 25,340[28], 33,279[29], 10,246[30], 8945[31], 39,600[32], 58,800[33], 63,200[34], 82,600[35], 94,400[36]
- Time of earliest written record: 200[37]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[38], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Capital of: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic[43], Nakhichevan Khanate[44], Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic[45], Nakhichevan uezd[46], Kingdom of Nakhchivan[47]
- Official name: Naxçıvan[48]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Naxçıvan (city)[49]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Nakhchivan[50]
- Native label: Naxçıvan[51], Նախիջևան[52]
- Category for people buried here: Q7977131[53]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Nakhchivan[54]
- Elevation above sea level: 873[55]
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Physical Characteristics
Nakhchivan covers an area of 15[56].
Why It Matters
Nakhchivan has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Nakhchivan is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]