Julfa, Azerbaijan (city)
Julfa
Culfa Ջուղա Jugha | |
|---|---|
City and Municipality | |
| Culfa | |
Julfa City | |
| Coordinates: 38°57′21″N 45°37′51″E / 38.95583°N 45.63083°E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| District | Julfa |
| Elevation | 715 m (2,346 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Julfa (Azerbaijani: Culfa), formerly Jugha (Armenian: Ջուղա, also transliterated as Djugha), is a city and the capital of the Julfa District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
Julfa is separated by the Aras River from its namesake, the town of Jolfa on the Iranian side of the border. The two towns are linked by a road bridge and a railway bridge.
Both Azerbaijan's absolute minimum temperature (−33 °C or −27.4 °F) and the absolute maximum temperature (46 °C or 114.8 °F) were observed in Julfa (and also in Ordubad).