Aza | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°56′18″N 45°49′42″E / 38.93833°N 45.82833°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
District | Ordubad |
Population (2005)[
citation needed] | |
• Total | 442 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Aza (until 2003, [1] Yuxarı Aza, Jukhary Aza, Yukary-Aza, and Yukhary Aza «Upper Aza») is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located on the left side of the Ordubad-Nakhchivan highway, 17 km southeast of the district centre, on the right bank of the Gilanchay River. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 442. [2]
The former name of the village, Yuxarı (Upper) Aza means "Aza village which [is] located in the upper side"[ citation needed]. In 2003, the name of the village was officially registered as Aza. [1] In the various sources, this settlement is described as a small town in versions of Aza, Azar, Azat, Azad[ citation needed]. Two villages of Aza and Azadkand are now located in the same location.
There was a ruinous Armenian church located on a hill to the west of the village. [3] The ruins of the church were completely destroyed by April 26, 2004. [3]
There was an Armenian cemetery located on the eastern edge of the village. [4] The cemetery consisted of 240–250 tombstones. The cemetery was destroyed by April 26, 2004. [4]