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.
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.