Oğuz (city)

Oğuz
City & municipality
Clockwise from top: Houses in Oghuz; AFRA Hotel; Ashaghi Mahalla Synagogue; Street in Oghuz; History museum (former Church of Saint Elisæus); View of Oghuz
Oğuz
Oğuz
Coordinates: 41°04′15″N 47°27′30″E / 41.07083°N 47.45833°E / 41.07083; 47.45833
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictOghuz
Established1968
Elevation
630 m (2,070 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
7,002
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Area code+994 024

Oğuz (Oghuz) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Oghuz District of Azerbaijan. The village was mainly populated by Armenians and Udis before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.