Mahmudkənd
Municipality
Mahmudkənd is located in Azerbaijan
Mahmudkənd
Mahmudkənd
Coordinates: 39°34′38″N 45°02′15″E / 39.57722°N 45.03750°E / 39.57722; 45.03750
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictSharur
Population
 (2009)
 • Total4,248
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Mahmudkənd (also, Makhmudkend) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located in the right side of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, 8 km in the east from the district center, on the plain.

Mahmudkend school
A tree in Mahmudkend
Mahmudkend centre

Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, vine-growing, beet-growing, foddering and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library, and hospital in the village. It has a population of 3,950.[1]

Etymology

The name of the village means "Mahmud's village, the village belonging to Mahmud". The geographical names founded by the use of Mahmud (Mahmoud) person name, also meets in the territory of Dagestan: Mahmudkand village, Mahmudtataul channel.[2]

References

  1. ↑ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 7. 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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