Vartashen
| Oğuz | ||
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 Oğuz
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| Coordinates: 41°04′15″N 47°27′30″E / 41.07083°N 47.45833°E | ||
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Rayon | Oğuz | |
| Established | 1968 | |
| Elevation | 630 m (2,070 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 7,002 | |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) | |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) | |
| Area code(s) | +994 024 | |
Coordinates: 41°04′15″N 47°27′30″E / 41.07083°N 47.45833°E
Oğuz (transliterated, Oghuz) is a city and municipality in, and the capital of, the Oghuz Rayon of Azerbaijan Republic. The city was known as Vartashen until 1991 and was renamed to Oğuz in 1991.
The name Oğuz given to the town in 1991 was taken from the old Turkic tribe of Oghuz.
Until 1991, Vartashen was mainly a Udi village, where the Vartashen dialect of the Udi language was spoken by about 3000 people in the 1980s. The Udis of Vartashen belonged to the Armenian Apostolic Church and had Armenian surnames. During the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Udis as well as the Armenians were expelled to Armenia. Some 50 Udi people remained in the town.
There were also Tat-speaking Mountain Jews in Vartashen. Most of them have emigrated to Israel, but possibly 80 have stayed.
Oghuz is twinned with:
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