Julfa
Julfa, formerly Jugha, is a city and the capital of the Julfa District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Julfa, an old Azerbaijan city, is separated by the Aras River from its namesake, the town of Jolfa on the Iranian side of the border.
- Type: Town with 13,500 residents
- Description: city in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Dschulfa”, “Dzhul’fa”, “Džulfa (Azerbejdžan)”, “Jolfa”, “Jolfā”, “Jolfā-ye Nakhjavān”, “Julfa, Azerbaijan”, “Julfa, Azerbaijan (city)”, “Джола”, “Джульфа (Азербайджан)”, and “ジュファ”
- Historically known as: “Jugha”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Jolfa and Gulustan Mausoleum.
Gulustan Mausoleum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Julfa and Shahmar.
Shahmar
Village
Shahmar is a village in Shoja Rural District, in the… Shahmar is situated 4½ km south of Julfa.
Shoja
Village
Shoja is a village in, and the capital of, Shoja Rural… Shoja is situated 6 km south of Julfa.
Julfa
- Categories: city, border city, and locality
- Location: Julfa District, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
38.95406° or 38° 57′ 15″ north
Longitude
45.62703° or 45° 37′ 37″ east
Population
13,500
Elevation
714 metres (2,343 feet)
Open location code
8HC7XJ3G+JR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Julfa” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ጁልፋ”
- Arabic: “جلفا”
- Armenian: “Գյուլֆա, Դյուլֆա, Ժուլֆա, Հին Ջուղա, Ճողա, Ճողի, Ճուղա, Յուլա, Յուլահա, Յուլֆա, Չյուլֆա, Չուգա, Ջողա, Ջուգա, Ջուլահա, Ջուլիաթ, Սուլֆա, Տուլֆա, Ուզուլֆա, Ուլֆա”
- Armenian: “Ջուլֆա”
- Armenian: “Ջուղա”
- Asturian: “Julfa”
- Azerbaijani: “Culfa” (historical)
- Bashkir: “Жүлфә”
- Belarusian: “Джульфа”
- Bengali: “কুলফা”
- Bulgarian: “Джулфа”
- Catalan: “Julfa”
- Cebuano: “Culfa”
- Central Kurdish: “جوولفە، ئازەربایجان”
- Chechen: “Джульфа”
- Chinese: “朱利法”
- Chinese: “朱尔法”
- Czech: “Culfa”
- Czech: “Džulfa”
- Dutch: “Culfa”
- Esperanto: “Ĝulfo”
- Estonian: “Culfa”
- Finnish: “Culfa”
- French: “Djoulfa”
- French: “Julfa”
- Georgian: “ჯულფა”
- German: “Culfa”
- Greek: “Τζούλφα”
- Hausa: “Culfa”
- Hebrew: “ג’ולפה”
- Hindi: “कुलफ़ा”
- Indonesian: “Culfa”
- Italian: “Culfa”
- Japanese: “ジュルファ”
- Javanese: “Culfa”
- Kazakh: “Culfa”
- Kazakh: “Джүлфа”
- Kirghiz: “Culfa”
- Korean: “줄파”
- Lithuanian: “Džulfa”
- Malay: “Culfa”
- Malay: “Julfa, Azerbaijan”
- Mingrelian: “ჯულფა”
- Oromo: “Culfa”
- Ossetian: “Джульфа”
- Panjabi: “ਕੁਲਫ਼ਾ”
- Persian: “جلفا”
- Persian: “جلفای نخجوان”
- Persian: “جولفا”
- Polish: “Culfa”
- Polish: “Dżulfa”
- Portuguese: “Culfa”
- Pushto: “جلفا”
- Romanian: “Djulfa”
- Russian: “Джульфа”
- Serbian: “Џулфа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Džulfa”
- Slovenian: “Džulfa”
- Somali: “Culfa”
- South Azerbaijani: “جولفا (آذربایجان)”
- South Azerbaijani: “جولفا”
- Spanish: “Culfa”
- Spanish: “Julfa”
- Spanish: “Yulfa”
- Swahili: “Culfa”
- Swedish: “Culfa”
- Tajik: “Джульфа”
- Tajik: “Ҷулфо”
- Tatar: “Джульфа”
- Tatar: “Җүлфә”
- Turkish: “Culfa, Azerbaycan”
- Turkish: “Culfa” (historical)
- Ukrainian: “Джульфа”
- Upper Sorbian: “Culfa”
- Urdu: “جلفا”
- Uzbek: “Culfa”
- Uzbek: “Julfa”
- Western Armenian: “Ջուղա, (Նախիջեւան)”
- Western Armenian: “Ջուղա,”
- Western Armenian: “Ջուղա”
- Western Panjabi: “جلفہ ، آذربائیجان”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Culfa and شهرک گمرک.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Culfa and Azerbaijanian border control.
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