Başkənd, Nakhchivan

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Başkənd
Municipality
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Başkənd
Coordinates: 38°58′N45°56′E / 38.967°N 45.933°E / 38.967; 45.933 Coordinates: 38°58′N45°56′E / 38.967°N 45.933°E / 38.967; 45.933
CountryFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic Nakhchivan
District Ordubad
Population
 (2005)[ citation needed ]
 • Total415
Time zone UTC+4 (AZT)

Başkənd (also, Bashkand and Bashkend; until 2003, [1] Disar and Disər) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 22 km in the north-west from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, farming, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 415. [2]

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Etymology

The name of the Başkənd (Bashkend) village made out from the components of Turkic words of baş (major, main, great) and kənd (village, place of residence) means "the center, the main settlement, above, the village at the height". In the Armenia, till 1946 the name of the villages of Vernashen and Gegharkunik, till 1978 the name of the village of Artsvashen were Başkənd. [3]

Monuments

There was an Armenian church in the village, St. Gevorg Church, which was destroyed by February 2000. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Milli Meclis | Azerbaijani Parliament". meclis.gov.az. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ↑ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 78. ISBN   5-8066-1468-9.
  3. ↑ Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijan Toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN   978-9952-34-155-3.
  4. ↑ Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 108–110. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.


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