What is Babek District?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Babek | type = [[Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan|Raion]] | image_map = Babek District in Azerbaijan 2021.svg | map_caption = Map of Azerbaijan showing Babek Raion | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Azerbaijan]] | population_as_of = 1999 census | population_total = 71,400 | area_total_km2 =1,170 | population_density_km2 = auto | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 0136 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 6700 | seat_type = Capital | seat = |coordinates = {{coord|39|09||N|45|26||E||display=inline,title}} }} '''Babek''' or '''Babak''' is a [[raion]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. It is in the [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic]]. It surrounds but does not include [[Nakhchivan City]]. It used to be named '''Nakhchivan'''. The current name is for [[Babak Khorramdin]]. Khorramdin led a 23 year long uprising against the [[Abbasid Empire|Abbasid]] [[Caliphate]] in [[Iran]]. {{Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan}} {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Districts of Azerbaijan]]