Başbaşı (also, Bashbashi and Bash-bashy) is a settlement in the municipality of
Nakhchivan in
Nakhchivan City
Nakhchivan ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, a true exclave of Azerbaijan, located west of Baku. The municipality of Nakhchivan consists of the city of Nakhchivan, the settlement of Əliab ...
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Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (, ) is a landlocked country, landlocked Enclave and exclave, exclave of the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republi ...
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Azerbaijan
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. It is located 12 km in the south-west from the Nakhchivan city, on the bank of the
Araz River. The station in the railway line of the Baku-Nakhchivan. It was founded during the construction of the railway line (1908) of the
Ulukhanlu (present
Armenia
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Julfa. It has not permanent population. The salt which have got out from the salt mine of Nakhchivan, were brought to the station of ''Bashbashi'' via cable. At present, the station is used as a meeting point of the trains. There is a terminal. The settlement covers an area of 3.2 hectares.
Etymology
The name of the settlement made out from the components of ''baş'' (up, upper, height) and ''başı'' (top, over). The altitude in the bank of the
Araz River opens from there toward to the city of Nakhchivan. The highest place of the hill is called ''Baş'' (bash) among the local population. The settlement has been called Başbaşı (the top of the height) due its location here.
[''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .]
References
Populated places in Azerbaijan
Nakhchivan (city)
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