List of renamed cities in Azerbaijan
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The following is a list of cities in Azerbaijan
that have undergone a name change in the recent past.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
that have undergone a name change in the recent past.
- MardakertMardakert (town)Aghdara or Martakert is the de facto administrative center of Martakert Province of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and a de jure town in the Tartar Rayon of Azerbaijan. The town is de-facto part of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since the end of the 1991-94 Nagorno-Karabakh War.- References :* –...
→ Ağdərə (1991, change not recognized by the Nagorno-Karabakh RepublicNagorno-Karabakh RepublicThe Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , or Artsakh Republic is a de facto independent republic located in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia...
which controls this city) - Aşağı Ağcakənd → Şaumyanovsk (1938) → Aşağı Ağcakənd (1990)
- Astraxan-Bazar → CəlilabadJalilabadJalilabad is a rayon of Azerbaijan. The capital is the city of Cəlilabad ....
(1967) - Beyləqan → Zhdanov (1939) → BeyləqanBeylaganBeylagan is a rayon of Azerbaijan, with capital city being Beylagan.The 5th century Armenian historian Moses of Chorene states that this name is from the Persian name Payda-gharan , that its meaning is not clear , but "-an" in the last section means "place of " in Persian .-External links:*...
(1991) - Biləsuvar → Puşkino (1938) → BiləsuvarBilasuvarBilasuvar is a rayon of Azerbaijan.It has been said that the ancient name was Pileh-Swar that in Persian means "the elephant-riding person " , named after one of the Buyid dynasty amirs. The name in Turkic means pure water falls, due to the area's numerous rivers, though given the largely flat...
(1991) - Dəvəçi → Şabran (2010)
- Duvannı → SanqaçalSanqaçalSanqaçal is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,108....
- Gəncə → Elisabethpol (1805) → Gəncə (1918) → Kirovabad (1935) → GəncəGanja, AzerbaijanGanja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The city regained its original name—Ganja—from 1920–1935 during the first part of its incorporation into the Soviet Union. However, its name was changed again and...
(1989) - Goranboy → Qasım-İsmayılov (1938) → GoranboyGoranboyGoranboy is a rayon of Azerbaijan. During the Soviet era the region was best known for the oil-cure sanatorium resort of Naftalan, though administratively Naftalan technically counts as an independent city. Naftalan is now starting to operate again following several years of virtual inaction when...
(1990) - Helenendorf → Yelenino → Xanlar (1938) → GöygölGoygol (city)Goygol is a city and municipality in and the capital of the Goygol Rayon in northwestern Azerbaijan. It is about 10 km south of Ganja, Azerbaijan's second largest city. The city of Goygol has a population of 19,000...
(2008) - Karyagino → FüzuliFüzuliFüzuli is a city in the Fizuli Rayon of Azerbaijan. It is currently an uninhabited ghost town.- Notable natives :...
(1959) - Xonaşen → MartuniMartuni (town)Khojavend is a town and the provincial capital of the Martuni province of the de facto independent but unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. It is located approximately 41 kilometers east of the republic's capital of Stepanakert...
→ Xocavənd (1991, change not recognized by the Nagorno-Karabakh RepublicNagorno-Karabakh RepublicThe Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , or Artsakh Republic is a de facto independent republic located in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia...
which controls this city) - Noraşen → İliç[evsk] → ŞərurSharurSharur is an rayon of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.-History:Sharur formed part of the territory of the Nakhichevan Khanate until its abolition in 1828. In the Russian empire it was made a part of the Armenian Oblast. After the oblast was abolished, it became a part of...
(1991) - Petropavlovka → Petropavlovsk → SabirabadSabirabad (city)Sabirabad is a city in and the capital of the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan...
(1931) - Port-Ilich → LimanLiman, AzerbaijanLiman is a city and municipality in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 12,100. The municipality consists of the city of Liman and the nearby villages of Şirinsu and Qumbaşı....
(1999) - Prishib → Göytəpə
- Qutqaşen → Qəbələ (1991)
- Şəki → Nuxa (1840) → Şəki (1968)
- Şəmkir → Şamxor → ŞəmkirShamkirShamkir is a rayon in Azerbaijan. It is located in the northwestern part of the Azerbaijan Republic. The rayon was previously called "Shamkhor" during the Soviet rule and was renamed to Shamkir only in 1991 after restoration of independence of Azerbaijan. The district was established in 1930...
(1991) - Tərtər → Mir-Bəşir (1949) → Tərtər (1991)
- Traubenfeld → Vinogradnoe Pole → TovuzTovuz, AzerbaijanTovuz is the capital of Tovuz in Azerbaijan.-History:The city takes its name from the turkic Oghuz tribe....
- Vartaşen → OğuzOguzOghuz is a rayon of Azerbaijan. The population of the region consisted of Azerbaijanis....
(1991) - Xankəndi → StepanakertStepanakertStepanakert is the largest city and capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic, though is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan...
(1923) → Xankəndi (1991, change not recognized by the Nagorno-Karabakh RepublicNagorno-Karabakh RepublicThe Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , or Artsakh Republic is a de facto independent republic located in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia...
which controls this city) - Yelizavetinka → Lüksemburq → AğstafaAgstafa-Overview:Agstafa raion was created on 24 January 1939 as an independent administrative unit out of larger Qazakh region of Azerbaijan. On 4 December 1959, the status of the raion was abolished and it was incorporated into Qazakh Rayon...
(1939) - Yeni Şamaxı → AğsuAgsu (city)Agsu is a city in and capital of the Agsu Rayon of Azerbaijan.- History :A. A. Bakikhanov noted that Nadir Shah issued an order for resettlement of the inhabitants of Shamakhi to new laid down city on the bank of Agsu River, in 1735.At present, the name of Agsu city is shown as New...
- Zubovka → Əli-BayramlıAli BayramliShirvan -Climate:The summer months are typically dry and very hot due Shirvan's semi-desert climate, temperature column could be risen to 44 °C often resulting in moderate drought conditions...
(1938) → Şirvan (2008) - Pirçivan → Zəngilan (1957)