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Nakhchivan

Nakhchivan is an exclave of , which borders to the northwest, to the north and east, and to the south.
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is the capital of the Exclave of Azerbaijan, a.k.a, the Autonomous Republic.

Nakhchivan

Latitude of center
39.2099° or 39° 12′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
45.4182° or 45° 25′ 5″ east
Population
469,000
Elevation
880 metres (2,887 feet)
Geo­Names ID
147435
Wiki­data ID
Q131083
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Nakhchivan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nachitschewan”
  • Afrikaans: “Nachitsjevan”
  • Afrikaans: “Nachitsjewan”
  • Afrikaans: “Naxçıvan”
  • Albanian: “Republika Autonome e Nahçivanit”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية نخجوان الذاتية”
  • Arabic: “ناخيتشيفان”
  • Armenian: “Նախիջեվան”
  • Armenian: “Նախիջևաին ինքնավար հանրապետություն”
  • Armenian: “Նախիջևանի ԻՀ”
  • Armenian: “Նախիջևանի Ինքնավար Հանրապետություն”
  • Armenian: “ՆԻՀ”
  • Asturian: “Naxçıvan”
  • Asturian: “República Autónoma de Naxçıvan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Naxçıvan MR”
  • Azerbaijani: “Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Naxçıvan Muxtar Sovet Sosialist Respublikası” (historical)
  • Azerbaijani: “Naxçıvan”
  • Azerbaijani: “NMR”
  • Azerbaijani: “Нахчыван Мухтар Совет Сосиалист Республикасы” (historical)
  • Bashkir: “Нахичеван Автономиялы Республикаһы”
  • Basque: “Nakhitxeban”
  • Basque: “Nakhitxevan”
  • Belarusian: “Нахічэванская аўтаномная рэспубліка”
  • Belarusian: “Нахічэванская Аўтаномная Рэспубліка”
  • Bengali: “নাখচিভান স্বায়ত্তশাসিত প্রজাতন্ত্র”
  • Bosnian: “Nahičevan”
  • Bosnian: “Nahičevanska Autonomna Republika”
  • Bulgarian: “Нахичеванска автономна република”
  • Catalan: “Nakhichevan”
  • Catalan: “Nakhitxevan”
  • Catalan: “Nakhtxivan”
  • Catalan: “Naxcivan”
  • Catalan: “Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası”
  • Catalan: “República Autònoma de Nakhtxivan”
  • Catalan: “República Autònoma de Naxçıvan”
  • Catalan: “República Socialista Soviètica Autònoma de Nakhtxivan”
  • Catalan: “República Socialista Soviètica Autònoma de Naxçıvan”
  • Cebuano: “Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆماری خۆسەری نەخچیڤان”
  • Chechen: “Нахичеванан Автономин Республика”
  • Chinese: “納希切萬政府主席”
  • Chinese: “納希契凡”
  • Chinese: “納希契凡自治共和國”
  • Chinese: “納西切萬自治共和國”
  • Chinese: “纳希切万”
  • Chinese: “纳希切万自治共和国”
  • Chuvash: “Начихевань автономи республики”
  • Chuvash: “Начихевань автономлă республики”
  • Croatian: “Nahičevan”
  • Croatian: “Nahičevanska Autonomna Republika”
  • Czech: “Nachičevan”
  • Czech: “Nachičevanská autonomní republika”
  • Danish: “Nakhitjevan”
  • Danish: “Nakhitsjevan”
  • Danish: “Naxcivan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Naxçıwan”
  • Dutch: “Nachitsjevan”
  • Dutch: “Naxcivan”
  • Dutch: “Naxçivan”
  • Dutch: “Naxçıvan”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Respubliko Naĥiĉevano”
  • Esperanto: “Naĥiĉevana Aŭtonoma Respubliko”
  • Esperanto: “Naĥiĉevano”
  • Estonian: “Nahhitševan”
  • Finnish: “Nahitsevan”
  • Finnish: “Nahitševan”
  • Finnish: “Nahitshevan”
  • French: “Nakhchivan”
  • French: “Nakhichevan”
  • French: “Nakhidjevan”
  • French: “Nakhitchevan”
  • French: “Nakhjavan”
  • French: “Nakitchevan”
  • French: “Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası”
  • French: “Naxçıvan”
  • French: “République autonome du Nakhitchevan”
  • Gagauz: “Nahçıvan”
  • Galician: “Nakhichevan - Naxçıvan”
  • Galician: “Nakhichevan”
  • Galician: “Nakhicheván”
  • Georgian: “ნახიჩევანი”
  • Georgian: “ნახიჩევანის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა”
  • Georgian: “ნახჭევანი”
  • Georgian: “ნახჭევანის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა”
  • German: “Autonome Republik Nachitschewan”
  • German: “Autonome Republik Naxcivan”
  • German: “Autonome Republik Naxçivan”
  • German: “Autonome Republik Naxçıvan”
  • German: “AZ-NX”
  • German: “Nachitschewan”
  • Greek: “Ναχιτσεβάν”
  • Greek: “Ναχτσιβάν”
  • Gujarati: “નાખચિવન ઓટોનોમસ રિપબ્લિક”
  • Hebrew: “נחצ’יבאן”
  • Hebrew: “רפובליקת נחיצ’בן”
  • Hebrew: “רפובליקת נחיצ’יבאן”
  • Hindi: “नकचिवन ऑटोनॉमस रिपब्लिक”
  • Hindi: “नखचिवन स्वायत्त गणराज्य”
  • Hungarian: “Nahicseván”
  • Ido: “Autonoma Republiko Naxçıvan”
  • Indonesian: “Nakhchivan”
  • Indonesian: “Nakhichevan”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Otonom Nakhchivan”
  • Irish: “Poblacht Fhéinrialaitheach Nakhichevan”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Nakhchivan”
  • Italian: “Nakhichevan”
  • Italian: “Naxçıvan”
  • Italian: “Repubblica Autonoma di Nakhchivan”
  • Italian: “Repubblica Autonoma di Naxçıvan”
  • Japanese: “ナヒチェヴァン自治共和国”
  • Kabardian: “Нахичеван Автоном Республикэ”
  • Kannada: “ನಖ್ಚಿವನ್ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Naxşıvan”
  • Kazakh: “Нахшыван Автономиялы Республикасы”
  • Kazakh: “Нахшыван”
  • Kazakh: “ناحشىۆان”
  • Khmer: “សាធារណរដ្ឋស្វយ័តណាក់ឈីវ៉ាន់”
  • Kirghiz: “Нахичеван автономия республикасы”
  • Korean: “나흐츠반 자치공화국”
  • Korean: “나히체반”
  • Kurdish: “Komara Xweser a Naxçivanê”
  • Ladino: “Nahichevan”
  • Latin: “res publica autonoma Naxuana”
  • Latvian: “Nahčivanas Autonomā Republika”
  • Literary Chinese: “納西切萬自治共和國”
  • Lithuanian: “Nachičevanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Nachičevanės AR”
  • Lithuanian: “Nachičevanės autonominė respublika”
  • Lithuanian: “Nachičevanės respublika”
  • Lithuanian: “Nachičevanis”
  • Malay: “Nakhchivan”
  • Malay: “Nakhichevan”
  • Malay: “Republik Autonomi Nakhichevan”
  • Malayalam: “നാഖ്ചിവൻ സ്വയംഭരണ റിപ്പബ്ലിക്”
  • Marathi: “नखिवियन ऑटोनॉमस रिपब्लिक”
  • Marathi: “नाखचिवान स्वायत्त प्रजासत्ताक”
  • Mazanderani: “نخجوان شه‌گردون جمهوری”
  • Mingrelian: “ნახიჩევანიშ ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა”
  • Mongolian: “Бүгд Найрамдах Өөртөө Засах Нахчыван Улс”
  • Mongolian: “Нахчыван”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nakhchivan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nakhitsjevan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nakitchevan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naxcivan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naxçivan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naxçıvan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nakhchivan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nakhitsjevan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nakhtsjivan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Naxçivan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Naxçıvan”
  • Norwegian: “Nakhitsjevan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nakhichevan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Naxcivan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Naxçivan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Naxçıvan”
  • Ossetian: “Нахичеваны Автономон Республикæ”
  • Persian: “جمهوری خودمختار نخجوان”
  • Persian: “نخجوان”
  • Polish: “Nachiczewan”
  • Polish: “Nachiczewańska Republika Autonomiczna”
  • Portuguese: “Nachitchevan”
  • Portuguese: “Najicheran”
  • Portuguese: “Najichevan”
  • Portuguese: “Nakhchivan”
  • Portuguese: “Nakhichevan”
  • Portuguese: “Nakhitchevan”
  • Portuguese: “Nakichevan”
  • Portuguese: “Naquichevão”
  • Portuguese: “República Autônoma do Naquichevão”
  • Romanian: “Nahicevan”
  • Romanian: “Naxcivan”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Nahicevan”
  • Romanian: “Republica Autonomă Nahicevan”
  • Russian: “Нахичеванская автономия”
  • Russian: “Нахичеванская Автономная Республика”
  • Russian: “Нахичеванская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика” (historical)
  • Russian: “Нахичеванская АР”
  • Russian: “Нахичеванская Республика”
  • Russian: “Нахичевань”
  • Russian: “Нахчыванская Автономная Республика”
  • Scots: “Nakhchivan”
  • Serbian: “Nahčivan”
  • Serbian: “Нахчиван”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nahčivan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nahičevan”
  • Shona: “Rudhende rwe Upangamene hwe Nakhochevhani”
  • Sinhala: “නක්චිවන් ස්වාධීන ජනරජය”
  • Slovak: “Nachičevanská autonómna republika”
  • Slovenian: “Nahičevan”
  • Slovenian: “Nahičevanska AR”
  • Slovenian: “Nahičevanska avtonomna republika”
  • Slovenian: “Naxcivan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ناخجیوان موختار جومهوریتی”
  • Spanish: “Najichevan”
  • Spanish: “Nakhchivan”
  • Spanish: “Nakhichevan”
  • Spanish: “Nakhicheván”
  • Spanish: “Republica Autonoma de Najichevan”
  • Spanish: “Republica Autonoma de Najicheván”
  • Spanish: “Republica autónoma de Najicheván”
  • Spanish: “República autonoma de Najicheván”
  • Spanish: “República autónoma de Najichevan”
  • Spanish: “República autónoma de Najicheván”
  • Spanish: “República Autónoma de Najicheván”
  • Spanish: “Republica autonoma de Naxcivan”
  • Spanish: “Republica autonoma de Naxciván”
  • Spanish: “Republica autonoma de Naxçivan”
  • Spanish: “Republica autónoma de Naxcivan”
  • Spanish: “Republica autónoma de Naxçiván”
  • Spanish: “República autonoma de Naxçivan”
  • Spanish: “República autónoma de Naxciván”
  • Sundanese: “Nakhichevan”
  • Swedish: “Nachitjevan”
  • Swedish: “Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası”
  • Swedish: “Naxçıvan”
  • Tajik: “Ҷумҳурии Мухтори Нахҷувон”
  • Tajik: “Ҷумҳурии Мухтори Наҳҷувон”
  • Tamil: “நஃகுசிவான் தன்னாட்சிக் குடியரசு”
  • Tamil: “நக்ஹ்ச்சிவன் ஆடோனோமோஸ் ரிபப்லிக்”
  • Tatar: “Naxçıvan”
  • Tatar: “Нахчыван Автономияле Республикасы”
  • Telugu: “నఖ్చివాన్ అటానమస్ రిపబ్లిక్”
  • Telugu: “నాఖ్చివాన్ అటానామస్ రిపబ్లిక్”
  • Thai: “Nakhchivan”
  • Thai: “นาคีชีวัน”
  • Thai: “นาคีเชวาน”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐปกครองตนเองนาคีชีวัน”
  • Turkish: “Nahçıvan Özerk Cumhuriyeti” (historical)
  • Turkish: “Nahçıvan”
  • Turkmen: “Nahçywan Awtonom Respublikasy”
  • Ukrainian: “Нахиджеван”
  • Ukrainian: “Нахичеванська Автономна Республіка”
  • Ukrainian: “Нахіджеван”
  • Ukrainian: “Нахічеван”
  • Ukrainian: “Нахічеванська Автономна Республіка”
  • Ukrainian: “Нахічевань”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Awtonomna republika Nachičewan”
  • Urdu: “ناخچیوان خود مختار جمہوریہ”
  • Uzbek: “Naxichevan Avtonom Respublikasi”
  • Uzbek: “Naxichevan Muxtor Respublikasi”
  • Uzbek: “Naxichevan”
  • Venetian: “Nakhcivan”
  • Veps: “Nahičevan”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa tự trị Nakhchivan”
  • Vietnamese: “Nakhchivan”
  • Vietnamese: “Nakhichevan”
  • Welsh: “Gweriniaeth Ymreolaethol Nakhchivan”
  • Western Armenian: “Նախիջեւանի Ինքնավար Հանրապետութիւն”
  • Western Panjabi: “نخچیوان خودمختار لوکراج”
  • Western Panjabi: “نخچیوان”
  • Wu Chinese: “纳希切万自治共和国”
  • Yue Chinese: “納希契凡自治共和國”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Nakhchivan”. Photo: Fuad2006, CC BY 2.5.