Aran, Aghjabadi Explained

Official Name:Aran
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:Rayon
Subdivision Name1:Aghjabadi
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Utc Offset Dst:+5
Coordinates:39.9217°N 47.4311°W

Aran (known as Kuybishev until 1999)[1] is a village and municipality in the Aghjabadi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,655.

History

The village used to be named Kuybışev[2] (English transliteration: Kuybishev) in honor of Valerian Kuybyshev, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician. On 1999-10-05, it was renamed Aran.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında . 2013-03-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503074236/http://e-qanun.az/files/framework/data/3/f_3052.htm . 2014-05-03 .
  2. Web site: GEOnet2 - NGA GeoNames Additional Attributes . 2021-05-21.