Muğancıq Mehrab

Muğancıq Mehrab (also, Mughanjyg Mehrab and Mugandzhik Mehrab) is a municipality and village in the Sharur Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, 1.5 km away from the district center, on the plain. Its population is busy with beet-growing, vegetable-growing and farming. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 623.[1]

Muğancıq Mehrab
Municipality
Muğancıq Mehrab
Coordinates: 39°34′02″N 45°00′15″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictSharur
Population
 (2005)
 • Total623
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Etymology

Place of residence was formed as a result of the settling the families belonging to the Iranian Mugh مغ (Magi) priestly tribe under the leadership of the person named Mehrab مهراب. The muğancıq means "small Magi, a small portion of Magi".[2]

References
  1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. 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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