Arpaçay, Azerbaijan

Arpaçay
Municipality
Arpaçay
Coordinates: 39°31′N 44°59′E / 39.517°N 44.983°E / 39.517; 44.983
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictSharur
Population
 (2005)
  Total
579
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Arpaçay (also, Arpachay; until 2003, Sovetabad and Shuraabad) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located 4 km in the south-east from the district center, on the right bank of the Arpachay River. Its population is busy with horticulture, vegetable-growing, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 579.