[city] Oghuz (Oğuz) is a city and municipality in, and the capital of, the Oghuz Rayon of Azerbaijan Republic. Oghuz was known as Vartashen (Վարդաշեն `vard` rose, `shen` village, town) until 1991 and was renamed to Oghuz in 1991. ==Twin towns — sister cities== Oghuz is twinned with: ...