Ordubad; a Small City in Azerbaijan

Ardubad, Azerbaijan

Ordubad (also, Ordoubat and Ordubat) (Urdu and Persian: اردوباد) (Punjabi: اوردوباد), (from Ordu-abad, meaning "barracks town" in Persian, is the second largest town and a municipality of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It is the capital of the Ordubad rayon. It has a population of 10,372. 

The closest railway station is Ordubad and distance to Nakhchivan city is 88 km. Ordubad in its current capacity of a town was founded in the 18th century. The town is divided into five districts: 

• Ambaras 

• Kurdtatal 

• Mingis 

• Sar sheher 

• Uch

A Street in Ardubad, Azerbaijan

History: 

Ordubad was once an important regional stop on the Silk Road trade route. It thus contains unique architecture situated on both sides of the Ordubadchay River. 

World Heritage Status: 

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 24, 2001 in the Cultural category. 

Notable natives: 

• Ismail Ibrahimov — scientist, Hero of Socialist Labor. 

• Mammed Said Ordubadi — writer. 

• Najafgulu Rafiyev — Hero of the Soviet Union. 

• Novruz Rizayev — People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR (1927–1929). 

• Victor Cherokov — Soviet military commander, Vice Admiral. 

• Yusif Mamedaliyev — chemist, founder of petrochemical science in Azerbaijan.