Axısxa

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Axısxa
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Axısxa
Coordinates: 40°05′22″N48°32′10″E / 40.08944°N 48.53611°E / 40.08944; 48.53611
CountryFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Rayon Sabirabad
Population
  Total1,373
Time zone UTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST) UTC+5 (AZT)

Axısxa is a village and municipality in the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,373.

Etymology

The village of Axısxa is named after the Georgian city of Akhaltsikhe, which was formerly known as Axısxa in Azerbaijani. This is because the population of the village are Meskhetian Turks, who were deported from Akhaltsikhe to Central Asia in 1944. In the 1960s, they returned to the Caucasus and founded this settlement, which they named after their former hometown. [1]

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References

  1. Azərbaycan Toponimlərinin Ensiklopedik Lüğəti [Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijani Toponyms](PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Vol. 1. Sharg-Garb Publishing and Printing House. 2007. p. 34. Axısxa: Sabirabad r-nunun eyniadlı i.ə.v.-də kənd. Kür çayının sol sahilində, şirvan düzündədir. 1944-cü ildə Gürcüstanın Axısxa r-nundan Qazaxıstana və Orta Asiyaya sürgün edilmiş, 60-cı illərdə isə Azərbaycana köçmüş türk ailələri tərəfindən salınmış yaşayış məntəqəsi onların köhnə məskənlərinin adı ilə adlandırılmışdır. Mənbələrdə axısxa/axsıxa Axalsix qalasının adı, Axal isə təkə-türkmənlərin yaşadığı yer kimi izah olunur.