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Village and municipality in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan

# Tumbul

Tumbul is a village and municipality in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan.

The place

Tumbul 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 Nakhchivan plain. Its population is mainly busy with grape-growing. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,595. The municipality consists of the villages of Tumbul and Haciniyyət.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbul), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Tumbul

4 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. 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. 4 km · historic site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusif_ibn_Kuseyir_Mausoleum)
2. Yezidabad castle The Yazdegerd Castle is a pre-medieval Sassanid castle in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is constructed solely of mud. 3.3 km · Pre-medieval castle in Azerbaijan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazdegerd_Castle,_Nakhchivan)
3. 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. 3.9 km · fortress in Azerbaijan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasabad_(fortress%29)
4. St. Hovhannes Church (Tumbul) St. Hovhannes Church was an Armenian church located in village of Tumbul of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. 100 m · 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 Tumbul

**Airports:** Nakhchivan (NAJ), 4 km · Tabriz (TBZ), 135 km · Zvartnots (EVN), 140 km\
**Stations:** Nakhchivan International Airport, 3.9 km\

- Ganja → Tumbul Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ganja-to-tumbul) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ganja&to=Tumbul)
- Baku → Tumbul Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/baku-to-tumbul) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baku&to=Tumbul)
- Tabriz → Tumbul Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tabriz-to-tumbul) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tabriz&to=Tumbul)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Tumbul)

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Tumbul

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 Tumbul. 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 67 km
2. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 225 km
3. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 271 km
4. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 306 km
5. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 332 km

If you know how people move in Tumbul – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ctumbul&title=Tumbul&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Ftumbul), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Tumbul

- [Babek District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/babek-district) district of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan 2.1 km
- [Babek](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/babek) city in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan 2.3 km
- [Şəkərabad](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/s-k-rabad) human settlement in Azerbaijan 3.2 km
- [Bulqan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bulqan) municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan 3.9 km
- [Qaraxanbəyli](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/qaraxanb-yli) municipality in Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan 3.8 km
- [Haciniyyət](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/haciniyy-t) municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan 2.1 km

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