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Dzhul'fa (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 38 57 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.9500 decimal degrees |
Long: 045 38 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 45.6333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the River Araxes, in a remote area of Nakhichevan; the town flourished as an ethnic Armenian center centuries ago. The town has been largely abandoned for centuries, after Shah Abbas relocated the residents to Isfahan in Persia. |
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Dzhul'fa (preferred,C,V,LC)
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Džul'fa (C,V)
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Djulfa (C,V)
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Culfa (B,V,English,U,A)
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Jolfa (B,V)
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Julfa (B,V)
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Dzhul'fa (deserted settlement) (P) |
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