Behrud

Behrud
Municipality
Behrud
Coordinates: 39°04′29″N 45°51′50″E / 39.07472°N 45.86389°E / 39.07472; 45.86389Coordinates: 39°04′29″N 45°51′50″E / 39.07472°N 45.86389°E / 39.07472; 45.86389
Country  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic Nakhchivan
Rayon Ordubad
Population
  Total 520
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Behrud (Armenian: Բողրութ, Boghrut; also, Bakhrud and Begryut) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 520.

History

It was located on trade routes and prospered in Middle-Ages. Currently only the ruins of a church and a bridge has remained.

References

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