Heydarabad () is a settlement and the capital of the

Sadarak District Sadarak District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the district of Sharur, as well as the Iğdır Province of Turkey, Ararat Province of Armenia and the West Azerbaijan Provin ...

of the

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. It

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and before the

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had road and rail connections with the Armenian village of

Yeraskh Yeraskh () is a village in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. Yeraskh is the closest Armenian village to the closed border with Azerbaijan. The settlement is adjacent to Heydarabad, Azerbaijan across the border, is bes ...

on the other side of the border. It has a population of 2,000 as of 2013.Population of Azerbaijan, 2013
. State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan Republic. It is the westernmost settlement of Azerbaijan.

History

The settlement was founded in the 1970s on the initiative of the

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. By the decree of the Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan AR dated on March 23, 2000, it was separated from Sədərək and turned to the settlement as an independent administrative unit. Because of the location on the border, it was subjected to fighting several times. It was destroyed by artillery projectiles in 1992. Its residents were displaced and took refuge in Sadarak village and other parts of Nakhchivan. Restoration started from 1997-98 with new office buildings, public facilities, and shopping centers being built. Seventy-five residential buildings that had been destroyed during the war were renovated and restored ahead of the 75th birthday of Heydar Aliyev. At the initiative of the local population, the settlement was named 'Heydarabad. Utilities were also installed, including power lines, a 35/10 kV substation and a water pump station to direct the underground water-supply of ''Bulaqbaşı'' to the settlement. There are a wine factory, secondary school, kindergarten, and a hospital in the settlement.

References

* Populated places in Sadarak District {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub