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Sharur

Also known as Iliich, Norashen

Sharur ( ) is a city in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It is the administrative centre of the Sharur District. The city is located 66 km northwest of Nakhchivan city, on the Sharur plain.

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Place details

Locality: Şərur
Region: Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası
Country: Azərbaycan
Population: 7,400
Timezone: Asia/Baku

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Sharur
Settlement.settlement_type: City & Municipality
Settlement.native_name: Şərur
Settlement.image_skyline: Sharur view from plane.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Sharur from air
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: 2020
Settlement.population_total: 7,400
Settlement.timezone: AZT
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.area_code: +994 892

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Ильичевск
Population: 6016
Image: Sharur view from plane.jpg

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Commons category: Şərur (city)
native label: Şərur
P12749: Friedrich Ebert

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Contents

History
Demographics
Culture
Notable natives
Twin Towns
References
External links

== History == In a manuscript of the 16th-century Oghuz heroic epic Book of Dede Korkut stored in Dresden, the place Sheryuguz is mentioned, which, according to a Russian orientalist and historian Vasily Bartold, is a distorted form of Sharur. In the Russian Empire, the town was the administrative centre of the Sharur-Daralayaz uezd of the Erivan Governorate and was known as Bash-Norashen.