Muğancıq Müslüm

Mughanjyg Muslum
Municipality
Azerbaijani: Muğancıq Müslüm
Mughanjyg Muslum
Coordinates: 39°33′N 45°01′E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Sharur
Population  (2005)^[citation needed]
• Total	749
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Muğancıq Müslüm (also, Mughanjyg Muslum and Mughanjyg-Muslum) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, on the plain. Its population is busy with tobacco-growing, vegetable-growing, hunting, beet-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 749.[1]

Etymology

Place of residence was formed as a result of the settling the families belonging to the muğanlı (mughanly) tribe under the leadership of the person named Muslum. The name means "muğanlılar belonging to Muslum" or "a piece from muğanlılar which belongs to Muslum".[2]

References

1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 53. 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.

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