Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Qaraqala
Qaraqala is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.
It is located 15 km in the north from the district center, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, gardining, poultry and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 568.
How locals move
Getting around Qaraqala the local way
- Get inMinibuses depart from the tiny bus station in front of the airport, just across the parking lot.
- Get inFare is 0.30 manat for travel in town, almost all of them will stop at the long distance bus terminal (Avtovagzal) in the north of town, where one can catch also minibuses to other parts of the enclave.
- Get inTaxi to Nakhchivan City outside the immigration building: Private taxi: 15 manat (2017) Shared taxi: 3 manat per person (2017) Minibus to Nakhchivan City: 1 manat from the bus terminal in the center of town (2019) 10 minutes walk from the immigration building.
- Get aroundIt is easy to catch minibuses to every village in Nakhchivan from the main bus station (Avtovagzal) in Nakhchican City.
- Get aroundDrivers as well as other passengers are extremely helpful and will go out of their way to help you find the right minibus for you, sometimes by calling an English speaking friend who will translate for you.
- Get aroundThere are hourly minibuses from Nakhchivan to Culfa which will also drop you near the border control post near the Iranian border.
From Wikivoyage: Nakhchivan (region), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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