--- title: "Bulqan – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bulqan, Azerbaijan: Bulqan is a village and municipality in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. Nearby: Momine Khatun…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bulqan" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bulqan.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan # Bulqan Bulqan is a village and municipality in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. The place Bulqan is a village and municipality in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located 5 km in the south from the city center, on the bank of the Araz River. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, animal husbandry, fruit-growing and horticulture. It has a population of 1,150. A 12th to 19th century necropolis, now mostly submerged, is registered with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulqan), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Bulqan 9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Momine Khatun Mausoleum Momine Khatun Mausoleum is a mausoleum, also known as the Atabek Dome, located in the city of Nakhchivan of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan. It was built in 1186 by the architect Ajami ibn Abubekr Nakhchivani. 3.3 km · historic site in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momine_Khatun_Mausoleum) 2. Yusif ibn Kuseyir Mausoleum The Mausoleum of Yusif ibn Kuseyir was built in 1161–1162, in Nakchivan city. Architect of the mausoleum was Ajami ibn Abubakr Nakhchivani. 3.5 km · historic site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusif_ibn_Kuseyir_Mausoleum) 3. Nakhchivan City Stadium Nakhchivan City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Araz PFK. The stadium holds 12,800 people. 4 km · Azerbaijan sports stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhchivan_City_Stadium) 4. Yezidabad castle The Yazdegerd Castle is a pre-medieval Sassanid castle in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is constructed solely of mud. 3.1 km · Pre-medieval castle in Azerbaijan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_Castle,_Nakhchivan) 5. Abbasabad fortress Abbasabad was a fortress of strategic importance for the defense of the Nakhichevan Khanate. It was built with the help of French engineers by Abbas Mirza, the crown prince of Iran, in 1810. 3.5 km · fortress in Azerbaijan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasabad_(fortress%29) 6. House-Museum of Jalil Mammadguluzadeh The House-Museum of Jalil Mammadguluzadeh is a memorial museum of the famous Azerbaijani journalist, enlightener, writer-satirist, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh. The museum is located on Idris Mammadov Street in the city of Nakhchivan, the capital of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. 3.8 km · Historic house museum in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House-Museum_of_Jalil_Mammadguluzadeh_(Nakhchivan%29) 7. St. Gevorg Church Saint Gevorg Church, a ruined Armenian apostolic church in Nakhchivan, the capital of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. 3.7 km · church in Nakhchivan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Gevorg_Church_(Nakhchivan%29) 8. Ismail han bath Ismayil Khan Bath or the Eastern Bath — a bathhouse and an architectural monument located in the city of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The bathhouse was included in the list of nationally significant architectural monuments by Decision No. 3.9 km · A bathhouse and historical and architectural monument located in the city of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismayil_Khan_Bath) 9. St. Hovhannes Church (Tumbul) St. Hovhannes Church was an Armenian church located in village of Tumbul of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. 3.9 km · church in Azerbaijan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Hovhannes_Church_(Tumbul%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Bulqan **Airports:** Nakhchivan (NAJ), 7 km · Zvartnots (EVN), 137 km · Tabriz (TBZ), 138 km\ - Ganja → Bulqan Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ganja-to-bulqan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ganja&to=Bulqan) - Baku → Bulqan Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/baku-to-bulqan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baku&to=Bulqan) - Yerevan → Bulqan Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/yerevan-to-bulqan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Yerevan&to=Bulqan) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bulqan) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Bulqan Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bulqan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yeghegnadzor) AM 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 65 km 2. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 222 km 3. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 272 km 4. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 302 km 5. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 330 km If you know how people move in Bulqan – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbulqan&title=Bulqan&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbulqan), and the note gets an entry. 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