Ağdərə, Ordubad Explained

Ağdərə
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous republic
Subdivision Name1:Nakhchivan
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ordubad
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4

Ağdərə (also, Aghdara and Agdere) is a settlement in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is included to the administrative-territorial scope of the Paraghachay settlement. It is located in the right side of the Ordubad-Bist highway, 48 km in the north-east from the district center, on the left bank of the Gilanchay river. At the present, nobody lives in the settlement.[1] [2]

History

The settlement was founded in 1950, due to establishing the plant of ore refining in the territory of named Ağdərə. The surrounding slopes are from the white colored rocks. Therefore settlement got its name from the valley with the same-titled.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://nakhchivan.preslib.az/az_a3-5.html Ordubad rayonu: İnzibati ərazi dairələri və ərazi vahidləri
  2. Book: ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. ANAS. Baku. 2005. I. 17. 5-8066-1468-9.
  3. ”Azərbaycan toponimlərinin ensiklopedik lüğəti”. İki cilddə. I cild. Bakı, “Şərq-Qərb”, 2007.