Oğlanqala
Sign in to saveOğlanqala (also, Oghlangala) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located on the bank of the Arpachay, opposite from the village of Dizə, Sharur (Dize). Its population is busy with grain-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library, a medical center, the fortress walls from architectural monuments and 3 towers in the village. It has a population of 2,959.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in AZ, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Oğlanqala is referenced by 70 other articles, and connects out to Azerbaijan, time zone and Middle Ages.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Sharur District.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Mahmudkənd
- Region
- Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 2,897
- Timezone
- Asia/Baku
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oğlanqala
- 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
- Sharur
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 2959
- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 853
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Historical and archaeological monuments
- Oğlanqala Fortress
- References
Oğlanqala (also, Oghlangala) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located on the bank of the Arpachay, opposite from the village of Dizə, Sharur (Dize). Its population is busy with grain-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library, a medical center, the fortress walls from architectural monuments and 3 towers in the village. It has a population of 2,959.
==Etymology== The settlement took its name from nearby ancient fortress of Oğlanqala (Oghlangala).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oğlanqala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations