Qarxun
Qarxun is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located near the Sharur-Nakhchivan highway, 3 km from the district center, on the right bank of the Arpachay River, on the plain.- Type: Village with 2,090 residents
- Description: municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Karkhun” and “Qarxun, Nakhchivan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sharur City and Danyeri.
Sharur City
Town
Photo: Самый древний, Public domain.
Sharur is a city in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It is the administrative centre of the Sharur District. The city is located 66 km northwest of Nakhchivan city, on the Sharur plain.
Danyeri
Village
Danyeri is a municipality and village in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, 15 km south-east from the district center, on the plain. Danyeri is situated 7 km southeast of Qarxun.
Shidi
Village
Shidi is a village in Chaybasar-e Sharqi Rural District of the Central District in Poldasht County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Shidi is situated 8 km southwest of Qarxun.
Qarxun
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sharur District, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.54595° or 39° 32′ 45″ northLongitude
45.00661° or 45° 0′ 24″ eastPopulation
2,090Elevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)Open location code
8HF7G2W4+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 7296568709OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
147876Wikidata ID
Q5012624
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Qarxun” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Քարխու”
- Azerbaijani: “Qarxun”
- Chechen: “Гархун (Шаьруран кӀошт)”
- Chechen: “Гархун”
- Georgian: “ქარხუნი”
- Georgian: “ყარხუნი”
- Irish: “Qarxun”
- Italian: “Qarxun”
- Malay: “Qarxun, Sharur”
- Malay: “Qarxun”
- Minangkabau: “Qarxun, Nakhchivan”
- Persian: “قارخون (شرور)”
- Persian: “قارخون”
- South Azerbaijani: “قارخون (شرور)”
- South Azerbaijani: “قارخون”
- Tatar: “Гархун (Шәрур)”
- Tatar: “Гархун”
- Vietnamese: “Qarxun, Nakhchivan”
- Vietnamese: “Qarxun”
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