Muğancıq Mehrab (also Mughanjyg Mehrab) is a municipality and village in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located near the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, 1.5 km away from the district center, on the plain. Its population is engaged with beet-growing, vegetable-growing and farming. There is a secondary school, a library, a club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 623.
Etymology Settlement was formed as a result of the settling of families belonging to the Iranian Mugh مغ (Magi) priestly tribe under the leadership of a person called Mehrab مهراب. The mughancıq means "small Magi, a small group of Magi".Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .
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