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Vurğun

Coordinates: 41°05′42″N 45°28′31″E / 41.09500°N 45.47528°E / 41.09500; 45.47528
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Vurğun
Municipality
Vurğun is located in Azerbaijan
Vurğun
Vurğun
Coordinates: 41°05′42″N 45°28′31″E / 41.09500°N 45.47528°E / 41.09500; 45.47528
Country Azerbaijan
RayonAgstafa
Population
 • Total
2,710
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Vurğun (also, Grünfeld, Kalininkänd, and Kalininkend) is a village and municipality in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,710. Founded as the German colony of Grünfeld, the town was renamed during the Soviet period for Mikhail Kalinin, and afterward in 1991, in honor of the writer Samad Vurgun.[1]

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2012-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)