Şəkərabad

Şəkərabad
Municipality
Şəkərabad
Coordinates: 39°11′23″N 45°26′12″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Babek
Population  (2005)^[citation needed]
• Total	985
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

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]

Etymology

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]

Notable natives

• Islam Safarli — writer, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR (1973).[3]

References

1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. II. Baku: ANAS. p. 301. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
2. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
3. "Сафарли, Ислам Ахмед оглы". Литературная энциклопедия.

• Şəkərabad at GEOnet Names Server