Nakhchivan (city)
Nakhchivan is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, a true exclave of Azerbaijan, located 450 km (280 mi) west of Baku.
Nakhchivan is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, a true exclave of Azerbaijan, located 450 km (280 mi) west of Baku. The municipality of Nakhchivan consists of the city of Nakhchivan, the settlement of Əliabad and the villages of Başbaşı, Bulqan, Haciniyyət, Qaraçuq, Qaraxanbəyli, Tumbul, Qarağalıq, and Daşduz. It is spread over the foothills of Zangezur Mountains, on the right bank of the Nakhchivan River at an altitude of 873 m (2,864 ft) above sea level.
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Worth seeing in and around Nakhchivan (city)
10 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.
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- 10Naxçıvan Bayraq Meydanı Muzeyi
Flag and national iconography museum in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
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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.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Momine Khatun Mausoleum
A tall octagonal tomb tower from the 12th century with kufic Arabic calligraphy and ceramic design.
- 02Noah's Tomb
The supposed tomb of the prophet Noah (although Palestine and Jordan would disagree).
From Wikivoyage: Nakhchivan (city), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Nakhchivan (city)
- Airports
- Nakhchivan (NAJ), 5 km · Zvartnots (EVN), 135 km · Tabriz (TBZ), 140 km
- Stations
- Nakhchivan International Airport, 5.1 km
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No local-transport research exists yet for Nakhchivan (city)
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