Aran | |
|---|---|
  Aran | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′18″N 47°25′52″E / 39.92167°N 47.43111°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Aghjabadi |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Aran (known as Kuybishev until 1999)[1] is a village and municipality in the Aghjabadi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,655.
History
The village used to be named Kuybışev[2] (English transliteration: Kuybishev) in honor of Valerian Kuybyshev, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician. On 1999-10-05, it was renamed Aran.
References
- ↑ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ↑ "GEOnet2 - NGA GeoNames Additional Attributes". Retrieved 2021-05-21.
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