Daşduz (also, Dashduz and Dash-duz) is a settlement in the municipality of Nakhchivan in Nakhchivan City,

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. It is located 12 km in the south-west from the Nakhchivan city, on the foothill area. There is no permanent population.

Etymology

The name of the Daşduz settlement made out from the component of the Turkic words of ''Daş'' (the rock, stone) and ''duz'' (salt) means "the rock-salt". The settlement was so named because the rock-salt mine of Nakhchivan is located in this territory.''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .

References

Populated places in Azerbaijan Nakhchivan (city) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dasduz