Şəhriyar | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°55′07″N 46°02′00″E / 38.91861°N 46.03333°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
District | Ordubad |
Population | |
• Total | 309 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
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.[1] It has a population of 309.[citation needed]
In 2003, the settlement was named Shahriyar in honor of the notable Azerbaijani poet Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar.[2]