Mughan

Mughan is a village and rural municipality in the Hacıqabul (Hajigabul) District of eastern Azerbaijan, on the Shirvan plain. With a population of roughly 4,700, it is the most populous municipality in the district apart from the district capital, Hacıqabul, itself. The village takes its name from the wider Mughan Plain (Mughan steppe), a large lowland region straddling southeastern Azerbaijan and northern Iran that has historically been used for winter pasture and, since Soviet-era irrigation projects, for cotton, grain, and melon farming. Hacıqabul District as a whole sits below sea level on the Shirvan plain, is crossed by the Kür (Kura) and Pirsaat rivers, and includes Hacıqabul Lake; roughly 82 km of the historic Silk Road trade route ran through the district, and the modern Baku–Tbilisi railway also crosses it.

By Plane

Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD IATA) in Baku is the nearest major airport.

By Car / Road

Accessible by road from Hacıqabul town and Baku via the M3 highway.

Walkable; a small village with no local public transport.

• The flat agricultural landscape of the Mughan steppe/plain.

• Hajigabul — district centre.
• Baku (100 km north-east) — capital city.