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Samukh District

Coordinates: 40°50′N 46°30′E / 40.833°N 46.500°E / 40.833; 46.500
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Samukh
Map of Azerbaijan showing Samukh raion
Map of Azerbaijan showing Samukh raion
Coordinates: 40°50′N 46°30′E / 40.833°N 46.500°E / 40.833; 46.500
CountryAzerbaijan
CapitalNəbiağalı
Area
 • Total1,210 km2 (470 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 est.)
 • Total53,900
Postal code
AZ5100
Telephone code0265

Samukh (Azerbaijani: Samux) is a raion of Azerbaijan. The term Samukh is from a Caucasian Albanian word for 'Forest Hunting Place'.[1] There are Bronze Age burial mounds around Nəbiağalı, the raion's administrative center.

References

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  1. Azerbaijan Guidebook (Fourth Edition), AzerOlympicInternational Publishing House (2007) p.262