Aran (known as Kuybishev until 1999)[1] is a village and municipality in the Aghjabadi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,655.[citation needed]

Aran
Aran is located in Azerbaijan
Aran
Aran
Coordinates: 39°55′18″N 47°25′52″E / 39.92167°N 47.43111°E / 39.92167; 47.43111
Country Azerbaijan
RayonAghjabadi
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

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The village used to be named Kuybışev[2] (English transliteration: Kuybishev) in honor of Valerian Kuybyshev, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician. On 1999-10-05, it was renamed Aran.

References

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  1. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  2. ^ "GEOnet2 - NGA GeoNames Additional Attributes". Retrieved 2021-05-21.