Alinja
Alinja is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Alinja has an elevation of 1,220 metres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Alinja Tower and Khanegah tomb.
Alinja Tower
The Alinja Tower, also known as Alinjagala, Alinja-gala or the Armenian fortress of Yernjak up to the 14th century, is a tower located to the west of Khanega village, not far from Julfa city in Azerbaijan, on the right coast of the Alinja River, higher of the Armenian monastery St.Khanegah tomb
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Əbrəqunus.
Əbrəqunus
Village
Əbrəqunus is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,747. Əbrəqunus is situated 7 km southwest of Alinja.
Alinja
- Type: Locality
- Description: municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Julfa District, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.17803° or 39° 10′ 41″ north
Longitude
45.69662° or 45° 41′ 48″ east
Elevation
1,220 metres (4,003 feet)
Open location code
8HF75MHW+6J
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Alinja” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ալինջա”
- Armenian: “Երնջակ գյուղ”
- Armenian: “Երնջակ”
- Azerbaijani: “Əlincə” (historical)
- Belarusian: “Алінджа”
- Chechen: “Аьлинджаь”
- Dutch: “Alinja”
- Georgian: “ელინჯა”
- Irish: “Alinja”
- Italian: “Əlincə”
- Malay: “Alinja”
- Persian: “الینجه”
- Polish: “Əlincə”
- Portuguese: “Alinja (aldeia)”
- Portuguese: “Alinja”
- Russian: “Алинджа”
- Russian: “Алынжа”
- Tatar: “Әлинҗә”
- Turkish: “Elince, Culfa”
- Turkish: “Elince” (historical)
- Turkish: “Əlincə”
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