Aza, Azerbaijan
human settlement in Azerbaijan
Aza (until 2003, Yuxarı Aza, Jukhary Aza, Yukary-Aza, and Yukhary Aza «Upper Aza») is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located on the left side of the Ordubad-Nakhchivan highway, 17 km southeast of the district centre, on the right bank of the Gilanchay River. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 442.
Etymology
The former name of the village, Yuxarı (Upper) Aza means "Aza village which [is] located in the upper side". In 2003, the name of the village was officially registered as Aza. In the various sources, this settlement is described as a small town in versions of Aza, Azar, Azat, Azad. Two villages of Aza and Azadkand are now located in the same location.
Monuments
There was a ruinous Armenian church located on a hill to the west of the village.
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