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Nakhchivan

Nakchivan is the capital of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The city has a population of 74,500, ethnical Azeris.
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History:
Nakhchivan was one of the prominent cities of the Armenian Kingdom under the Artaxides, Arshakides and Bagratides dynasties from the 2nd century BC until the 11th century AD.In the 2nd century, Nakhchivan was known to Ptolemy under the name Ναξουὰνα (Naxouana), and some scholars have sought to identify Strabo's otherwise unidentified Arxata, mentioned in his description of the cities of Armenia, with Nakhchivan. Herodotus...

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