Mahmudkənd

Mahmudkənd
Mahmudkənd
	Municipality
	Mahmudkənd
	Coordinates: 39°34′38″N 45°02′15″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Sharur
Population (2005)
• Total	3,950
Time zone	UTC+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. 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]

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References

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

Mahmudkənd at GEOnet Names Server

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[ANAS-1] ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume 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.