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East Azerbaijan Province

Shoja

Shoja is a village in, and the capital of, Shoja Rural District in the Central District of Jolfa County, province, .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 2,290 residents
  • Description: village in East Azerbaijan province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Shoja, East Azerbaijan”, “Shojā‘”, and “Shoja`”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shahmar and Julfa.

Village
is a village in Shoja Rural District, in the Central District of Jolfa County, East Azerbaijan Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 1,161, in 303 families. is situated 2½ km northwest of Shoja.

Town
Photo: Elmju, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jolfa is a city in the Central District of Jolfa County, province, , serving as capital of both the county and the district. Jolfa is separated by the Aras River from its namesake, the town of on the Azerbaijan side of the border. is situated 4½ km north of Shoja.

Town
Photo: Azerbaijaniboy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, formerly Jugha, is a city and the capital of the of the of . , an old city, is separated by the from its namesake, the town of Jolfa on the Iranian side of the border. is situated 6 km north of Shoja.

Shoja

Latitude
38.90042° or 38° 54′ 2″ north
Longitude
45.6434° or 45° 38′ 36″ east
Population
2,290
Elevation
790 metres (2,592 feet)
Open location code
8HC7WJ2V+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4393114046
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
114894
Wiki­data ID
Q6454251
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Shoja” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شجاع”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şuca (Culfa)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şuca”
  • Chinese: “Shoja”
  • Dutch: “Shoja”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شجاع”
  • Malay: “Shoja, Azerbaijan Timur”
  • Malay: “Shoja”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shoja (Tang Azerbaijan)”
  • Persian: “شجاع”

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