Şəkərabad (also, Shakyarabad, Shekerabad, and Shekyarabad) is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 4 km north from the district center, on the left bank of the Nakhchivanchay River. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing and animal husbandry. There is a secondary school, club, library, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 985.
Etymology According to the information of the 1886, the village consisted of 25 houses. The settlement had been established by a person named Sheker. The name of the village, Shekerabad means "a village which belongs to Sheker".Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .
Notable natives
Islam Safarli — writer, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR (1973).
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