Nardaran
Sign in to saveNardaran is a settlement and municipality on the Abşeron Peninsula in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 8,300. Located 25 kilometers northeast of central Baku, it is politically part of the Baku city-subdivision and treated as a suburb. Unlike most of the rest of the country, which is religiously liberal, Nardaran is a center of conservative Shi'a Islam and pro-Iranian sentiment in Azerbaijan.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bakı İnzibati Ərazisi
- Region
- Baki
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 7,700
- Timezone
- Asia/Baku
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nardaran
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Azerbaijan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Baku
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sabunchu
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 8300
- Settlement.timezone
Key dates
- Inception
- 1884
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Baku Uyezd
- Elevation
- +28
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Image
- Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2013-1081.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Historical monuments of Nardaran
- Geography and climate
- Center of Shia Islam
- Transport
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Nardaran is a settlement and municipality on the Abşeron Peninsula in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 8,300. Located 25 kilometers northeast of central Baku, it is politically part of the Baku city-subdivision and treated as a suburb. Unlike most of the rest of the country, which is religiously liberal, Nardaran is a center of conservative Shi'a Islam and pro-Iranian sentiment in Azerbaijan.
Nardaran's name comes from Persian: nar (pomegranate)نار + daran (trees) داران, i.e. "place with pomegranate trees".