Sabirkənd, Nakhchivan
human settlement in Azerbaijan
Sabirkənd (also, Sabirkend, Sabir Kend and Sabir) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the right side of the Ordubad-Nakhchivan highway, 23 km in the north-west from the district center, on the right bank of the Aras river. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,028.
Etymology
In some of the literature it has been registered as Sabir Dizə. The village was named after Azerbaijani poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir.
Historical and archaeological monuments
Subatan Diza
Subatan Diza - the settlement of the end of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in the south-west of the village of the Sabirkend, on the right bank of the Gilanchay River in the Ordubad region. It was discovered in 1976. Its area is 5 hectares.
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