Ağrı, Azerbaijan


Ağrı is a village in the Ordubad Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is part of the municipality of the Vənənd village. The village is located in the right side of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 15 km away from the district center, on the left banks of the Venendchay river. Its population mainly is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, silkworm breeding and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 291.

Etymology

The village took its name from the Ağrıdağ Mount located in the east of the Turkey. In the Turkic languages the word of ağrı / ağru means "high, height".