Muğancıq Mehrab

Muğancıq Mehrab
Municipality
Muğancıq Mehrab
Coordinates: 39°34′02″N 45°00′15″E / 39.56722°N 45.00417°ECoordinates: 39°34′02″N 45°00′15″E / 39.56722°N 45.00417°E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Sharur
Population (2005)
• Total	623
Time zone	AZT (UTC+4)

Muğancıq Mehrab (also, Mughanjyg Mehrab and Mugandzhik Mehrab) is a municipality and village in the Sharur Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, 1.5 km away from the district center, on the plain. Its population is busy with beet-growing, vegetable-growing and farming. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 623.^[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 Mehrab. The muğancıq means "small muğanlı, a small portion of muğanlılar (mughanlys)".^[2]

References

1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. 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.