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Gilançay

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Country
  
Azerbaijan

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:21 AM

Time zone
  
AZT (UTC+4)

Population
  
287 (2005)

Gilançay

Weather
  
6°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 85% Humidity

Rayons
  
Ordubad District, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Gilançay (also, Gilanchay and Kilyanchay) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the left side of the Ordubad-Khurs highway, 31 km in the north-west from the district center, on the left bank of the Gilanchay River. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 287.

Contents

Map of Gilan%C3%A7ay, Azerbaijan

Etymology

The village in the administrative territorial unit of the Parağa of the Ordubad region. It is at the foothill area. The name of the settlement is related with the name of the river of Gilanchay in the area.

References

Gilançay Wikipedia