Şəkərabad | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous republic |
Subdivision Name1: | Nakhchivan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Babek |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 985 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.1897°N 45.4367°W |
Şəkərabad (also, Shakyarabad, Shekerabad, and Shekyarabad) is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 4 km in the north from the district center, on the left bank of the Nakhchivanchay River. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 985.[1]
According to the information of the 1886, the village was consisted from the 25 houses. The settlement has been established by the person named Sheker. The name of the village of the Shekerabad means "a village which belongs to Sheker".[2]