Aşağı Uzunoba (also, Ashagy Uzunoba and Uzun-oba-ashaga) is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the right side of the Nakhchivan-Shahbuz highway, 18 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Nakhchivanchay River. Its population is busy with grain growing, vegetable-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 448.[1] The name of the village means "the Uzunoba village which is located in the below".[2]
Aşağı Uzunoba | |
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Municipality | |
  Aşağı Uzunoba | |
| Coordinates: 39°16′29″N 45°26′23″E / 39.27472°N 45.43972°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| District | Babek |
| Population (2005)[citation needed] | |
| • Total | 448 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Notable Natives edit
- Ziyafet Askerov - (24.10.1963, Aşağı Uzunoba, Babek District) First Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijan Parliament of the Azerbaijan Republic.[3]
References edit
- ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 37. 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.
- ^ Milli Məclisin tərkibi
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