Şəhriyar is a village and municipality in the
Shamakhi Rayon
Shamakhi District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Quba, Khizi, Gobustan, Hajigabul, Agsu, and ...
of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
. It has a population of 2,033.
It was formed in 1999 through detaching a neighbourhood from the city of
Shamakhi
Shamakhi (, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to th ...
and merging it with the nearby village of
Kələxana
Kələxana (, also ''Kelakhan'', ''Kelakhana'', and ''Kelakhany'') was a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of th ...
.
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References
Populated places in Shamakhi District
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