The city of Nakhchivan is the capital of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, located west of Baku. The municipality of Nakhchivan consists of the city of Nakhchivan and the villages of Basbasi, Qaragaliq, and Dasduz. It is spread over the foothills of Zangezur Mountains, on the right bank of the Nakhchivan River at an altitude of almost .