Ağdərə, Ordubad
Ağdərə is a settlement in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, founded in 1950 around an ore-refining plant.
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Overview
Ağdərə (also spelled Aghdara or Agdere) is a settlement in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It falls within the administrative-territorial scope of the Paraghachay settlement and is located on the right side of the Ordubad–Bist highway, about 48 km north-east of the district center, on the left bank of the Gilanchay river. The settlement was founded in 1950 in connection with the establishment of an ore-refining plant in the area. Its name derives from the surrounding valley, whose slopes are made of white-colored rocks. At present, nobody lives in the settlement.
History
Ağdərə was founded in 1950 due to the establishment of an ore-refining plant in the territory named Ağdərə. The surrounding slopes are made of white-colored rocks, and the settlement took its name from the valley with the same name. It is located in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, within the administrative-territorial scope of the Paraghachay settlement, on the right side of the Ordubad–Bist highway, 48 km north-east of the district center, on the left bank of the Gilanchay river. At present, nobody lives in the settlement.
- 1950
Settlement founded due to the establishment of an ore-refining plant in the area.
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