Muğancıq Müslüm
Muğancıq Müslüm | |
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Municipality | |
  Muğancıq Müslüm | |
| Coordinates: 39°33′N 45°01′E / 39.550°N 45.017°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Sharur |
| Population (2005)[citation needed] | |
| • Total | 749 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Muğancıq Müslüm (also, Mugandzhik Myuslyum and Mugandzhuk-Muslum) is a village and municipality in the Sharur Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, on the plain. Its population is busy with tobacco-growing, vegetable-growing, hunting, beet-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 749.[1]
Etymology
Place of residence was formed as a result of the settling the families belonging to the muğanlı (mughanly) tribe under the leadership of the person named Müslüm. The name means "muğanlılar belonging to Müslüm" or "a piece from muğanlılar which belongs to Müslüm".[2]
References
- ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 53. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
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