Ağrı | |
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 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 291 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 38.9167°N 101°W |
Ağrı (also, Aghry) is a village in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is part of the municipality of the Vənənd village. The village is located in the right side of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 15 km away from the district center, on the left banks of the Venendchay river. Its population mainly is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, silkworm breeding and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 291.[1]
The village took its name from the Ağrıdağ (Aghrydagh) Mount located in the east of the Turkey. In the Turkic languages the word of ağrı / ağru means "high, height".[2]