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Kotam (until 2003, Ketam) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the north of the Nakhchivan-Baku railway, 5 km in the south-east from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 394.

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Place details

Locality
Kotam
Region
Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası
Country
Azərbaycan
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Kotam
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map
Azerbaijan
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous republic
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Nakhchivan
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Ordubad
Settlement.population_as_of
2005
Settlement.population_total
394
Settlement.timezone
AZT
Settlement.utc_offset
+4

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Population
410
Elevation
657
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Kotam (until 2003, Ketam) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the north of the Nakhchivan-Baku railway, 5 km in the south-east from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 394.

==Etymology== Kotam کتام is a Gilaki/Persian word meaning a hut-like shelter raised on the farmland to protect the farmers from the sun and rain, sort of northern Iranian Cabana. This word is used in many places in northern Iran and adjacent area.

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