Julfa, Azerbaijan (city)
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Julfa Culfa |
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| City and Municipality | |
 Julfa
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| Coordinates: 38°57′21″N 45°37′51″E / 38.95583°N 45.63083°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 12,500 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
Coordinates: 38°57′21″N 45°37′51″E / 38.95583°N 45.63083°E
Julfa (Azerbaijani: Culfa, Ҹулфа, جولفا), formerly Jugha (Armenian: Ջուղա, sometimes transliterated as Djugha) and also rendered as Djulfa,Dzhul’fa, Jolfa, Dzhulfa, Džulfa, Jolfā, Jolfā-ye Nakhjavān (Persian: جلفای نخجوان), is the administrative capital of the Julfa Rayon administrative region of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan.
Julfa is separated by the Araks 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.
Traditionally, the king of Armenia, Tigranes I, was said to have been the founder of Julfa. Existing as a village in the early Middle Ages, it grew into a town between the 10th and 13th centuries, with a population that was almost entirely Armenian. For a time, Julfa was one of the most important settlements in medieval Armenia. It became prosperous during the 15th to the 17th centuries due to the role it played in international trade, as it was located along the ancient trade routes from Persia, the Middle East, South-East Asia, India, to Russia, the Mediterranean, and North-West Europe.
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