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Xurs (also, Khurs and Khurst) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located near the Ordubad-Nurgut highway, northwest from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, beekeeping, animal husbandry. There are secondary schools, clubs, and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 156.

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Place details

Locality
Ələhi
Region
Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası
Country
Azərbaycan
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Xurs
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
156
Settlement.timezone
AZT
Settlement.utc_offset
+4

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Encyclopedic overview

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Xurs (also, Khurs and Khurst) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located near the Ordubad-Nurgut highway, northwest from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, beekeeping, animal husbandry. There are secondary schools, clubs, and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 156.

==Etymology== The researchers believe that this name is a variant of the ethnonym of Gorus. Reportedly, in the 16th century the goruslar, one of the cattle-breeder tribes, were part of the tribes of Qizilbash. Following the settlements created in Shirvan by the Safavid shahs, they spread to different areas.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xurs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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