Muğancıq Müslüm

Mughanjyg Muslum
Municipality
Azerbaijani: Muğancıq Müslüm
Mughanjyg Muslum
Coordinates: 39°33′N 45°01′E / 39.550°N 45.017°E / 39.550; 45.017
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictSharur
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
749
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Muğancıq Müslüm (also, Mughanjyg Muslum and Mughanjyg-Muslum) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, on the plain. Its population engages in growing tobaccoand vegetable, hunting, 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 a person named Muslum. The name means "muğanlılar belonging to Muslum" or "a piece from muğanlılar which belongs to Muslum".[2]

References

  1. ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 53. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  2. ^ 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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