This article is about the autonomous region; for its capital city see Nakhichevan (city)

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Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic Location of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (coloured in light tan) in the South Caucasus region. Administration type Autonomous republic of Azerbaijan '''Capital and largest city Nakhichevan Official language Azerbaijani Parliamentary Chairman Vasif Talibov Area
 - Total
 - % water
5,500 km²
negligible Population
 - Total
350,000-365,000 (est.) Time zone
 - in summer EET (UTC+4)
EEST (UTC+5) The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijani: Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası, Armenian: Նախիջեվան, Turkish: Nahcivan Özerk Cumhuriyeti, Russian: Нахичеванская Автономная Республика), known simply as Nakhichevan is a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan. The 5,500 km² region borders Armenia (221 km), Turkey (9 km) and Iran (179 km). Its capital is the city of Nakhichevan, home to the Nakhichevan State University.

Etymology

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Since it frequently changed kingdoms, empires, sultanates, and khanates, the name of Nakhichevan was altered many times. As part of the Azerbaijan SSR of the Soviet Union, it was known as the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The city of Nakhichevan was first mentioned in Ptolemy's "Geography" and other classical writers as Naksuana.Encyclopedia of Brokgauz and Efron, "Nakhichevan" "Nakhichevan", Volume V19, Page 156 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Naksuana is ancient Greek for "the land of sweet water". In Armenian, the name literally means "place where they first descended," a Biblical reference to the descent of Noah's Ark on the adjacent Mount Ararat.Richard Plunkett and Tom Masters. Lonely Planet: Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, p. 243. ISBN 1740591380 According to other versions, the name Nakhchivan derived from Persian Nagsh-e-Jahan, i.e. "image of the world", which is a reference to the beauty of the area. Hamdollah Mostowfi. Nozhat al-Gholub Evliya Chelebi. Seyahatname The medieval Arab chronicles referred to the area as Nashava. Ibn Khordadbeh. Book of Roads and Kingdoms (al-Kitab al-Masalik w’al-Mamalik)

History

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