• Nakhchivan economic-geographical region
• Sharur region

Sharur settled before Christmas was called Sharuk according to “Kitabi Dada Korkut” legends. The region was established in 1930 and called Norashen till 1964 and Ilich tili 1991. The center (Sharur) of the region is 66 km away from Nakchivan city.
Relief: The surface of the region is mountainous in the North and Eastern parts while Arazboyu part is formed by Sharur, GarabaghIar, Kangarli, Sardar and Tamanam slope plains. Daralayaz ridge covers a large area. The highest peak is Galingaya Mountain (2775 m) of Daralayaz chain.
Geological structure: Anthropogenic sediments have spread in plain and foothill areas whereas Devon, Perm, Trias, Cretaceous sediments are prevailing in mountainous areas.
Rivers and water basins: The main rivers of the region are Ar- pachay and Goradara chay. The area abounds with mineral springs (Khanbulag, Aghbulag, Garapir and etc.).
Landscapes and biodiversity: The soil of the region is gray and meadow-gray, saline gray brown, mountain chestnut and brown mountain forest. The climate of the region is cold semi desert with dry summers, dry steppe and cold climate with dry steppe.
The vegetation composed by desert, semi desert (wormwood, saline and etc.), mountain xerophytes (frigana), mountain steppe and sparse arid foothills. The flora of the region is represented by Iris (Iris paradoxa), Grape Hyacinth (Muscari longipes), Arum (Arum nordmannii), Araxian prickly thrift (Acantholimon araxanum), Snowy Mespilus (Amelanchier ovalis),
Turkish Terebinth (Pistacia mutica), red valerian (Centranthus longiflorus) and etc. rare and unique species.
Wolf (Canis lupus), jackal (Canis aureus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus), Cyprian Wild Sheep (Ovis orientalis), Wild boar (Sus scrofa), Brown hare (Lepus europaeus), Rocky squirrel (Martes foina), Field mouse (Microtus arvalis) and web species as Fattail scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda), Caucasian solpuga (Rhagodes caucasicus) and etc. are the fauna representatives of the region.The birds are Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar), Wild Pigeon (Columba livia), Upcher’s Warbler (Hippolais languidae), Black-bellied Sandgrowse (Pterocles orientalis) and etc.
Geological natural monuments: Khizangi cave of triangular form 1560 m above sea level near Yukhari Yayci village. The length is 14 meters with 18 meters width and 24.6 m2 total area. Champion trees: The characteristic trees of villages and center of Sharur city is nalband trees (Ulmus densa). About the 600 year old in Ahura village, 200-400 old elm trees and 300 year old white mulberry trees academician V. Tutayuk signed. There is an
interesting history of nalband name. “Nalband" is connected with farrier injection procedure of horses. The masters were used to farry the horse under the nalband trees.
Archeological monuments: Akhura necropolis of iron age, Albantapa residence and necropolis near Akhura village. Babatapa residence of iron age near Yurdchu village. Jannatgaya residence of bronze and early iron ages near Tananam village. Oghlangala residence of II-I milleniums, Cyclopes castles near Oghlangala village. Cyclope buildings were configured by large and rough rock cuts, without any timbers. These castles were built by large blocks and differs from others for the thickness of the walls (1.5x2.0xl.0 m). The 2-3 ray walls stay 10-15 meters away from each other as parallel rows. A residence of ancient period, necropolises near Saribulag place.
Historical and cultural monuments: A bridge (XVIII century) on Arpachay River, a tomb in Garabaghlar village, double minarets and remains of religious buildings (XIV century). As because of the name Guti khanum was mentioned on the Beshtagh which combines 2 minarets it supposed built in honor of Guti Khanum (Guty khatun) who was the wife of Elkhanids Khan Hulaku Khan. The tomb consists of Sardabe and surface part with 12 semicylindric brows. The brows give special splendor to the tomb. The surface of the tomb was decorated with red and turqoise bricks and geometrical Fortress walls and 3 unit tower (XVI century) in Ulya Morashen village. Par- chi Imamzadeh of medieval period in Parch (Khanliglar) village. The local population named the monument as “Shahzadeh Ibrahim Ibn Musa Imamzadeh”. It supposed that Ibrahim son of 7th Imam Musa A1 Kazim was buried inn that sacred place.