Babek is a rural district in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, wedged between Iran to the south, Armenia to the north, and the Nakhchivan city area to the east. The landscape is striking: the southern foothills of the Daralayaz chain give way to broad plains fed by the Nakhchivanchay river and its tributaries, with the region's highest point at Mount Buzgov reaching 2,475 metres.
The district holds genuine archaeological weight. Two of the region's most significant Bronze Age sites — I Kultepe and II Kultepe — lie within Babek's borders, both on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage list as key evidence of early settlement and agricultural life in the South Caucasus. The area around Gulustan village, near the Araks River on the Iranian border, contains the ruins of a large caravanserai from the medieval period.
The Sirab mineral springs in the northeastern hills are widely known in Azerbaijan — Sirab water has been bottled commercially for over a century and is distributed across the country. The district centre is accessible by road from Nakhchivan city and serves as a quiet base for exploring the surrounding countryside and heritage sites.