Mincivan

Mincivan
Street in Mincivan
Mincivan
Coordinates: 39°01′48″N46°43′07″E / 39.03000°N 46.71861°E / 39.03000; 46.71861
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Zangilan
Time zone	UTC+4 (UTC)

Mincivan (Minjivan) is a town in the Zangilan District of Azerbaijan. ^[1]

History

As part of Russian Empire, the village of Minjivan was part of Zangezur uezd, the Elizavetpol province. Historical records from the 19th century note two villages with the name Minjivan registered in the Zangezur uezd. ^[2]

During the Soviet years, Minjivan, populated mainly by Azerbaijanis, was part of the Zangilan district of the Azerbaijan SSR. ^[3]

On 21 October 2020, during the Second Karabakh War, as a result of heavy fights, Azerbaijan regained control over the town. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Geography

Minjivan situated on the left bank of Araz River, 12 km southeast of the city of Zangilan, near the Minjivan railway station, on the inactive Julfa-Horadiz railway line. Also from the Minjivan railway station, a dead-end line of 39 km long to Kapan departs, which passes through Zangilan. ^[7]

Demographics

According to the “Code of statistical data of the Transcaucasian region population, extracted from the family lists of 1886”, in the village of Minjivan, Jahangirbayli rural district, Zangezur district, Elizavetpol province, there were 10 dym and 54 Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis), who were Shiites by religion. The entire population was state peasants. ^[2]

According to the 1912 Caucasian Calendar, 100 people lived in the village of Minjivan, mostly Tatars, later known as Azerbaijanis. ^[8]

According to the results of the Azerbaijan Agricultural Census of 1921, Minjivan with the village of Gushan, Gubadli district of Azerbaijan SSR, was inhabited by 257 people (58 households), the predominant nationality being Azerbaijani Turks (Azerbaijanis). ^[9]

As of 1 January 1933, 322 people (72 households) lived in Minjivan, Zangilan district of Azerbaijan SSR – 169 men and 153 women. The entire village council (the villages of Baharli, Dallakli, Terekeme), the centre of which was Minjivan, was 100% Turkic (Azerbaijanis). ^[10]

According to the all-Union population census of 1989, 5 506 people lived in the urban-type settlement of Minjivan. ^[3]

References

1. İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı. 2024 (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Bakı: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi. 2024. p. 103. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
2. Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г. (in Russian). Tiflis. 1893. p. 254. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
3. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
4. @azpresident (21 October 2020). "Rəşadətli Azərbaycan Ordusu Zəngilan rayonunun Mincivan qəsəbəsi." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "Aliyev announces control seized over 22 settlements in Karabakh". TASS. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
6. "President Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijani Army liberated Minjivan settlement and 13 villages of Zangilan district". azertag.az. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
7. Под ред. Дж. Кулиева (1983). МИНҸИВАН// Азербайджанская советская энциклопедия. Vol. VI. Baku: Главная редакция Азербайджанской советской энциклопедии. p. 583.
8. Kavkazskiy kalendar (in Russian). Tbilisi: Канцелярия Кавказского Наместника. 1911. p. 183. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
9. Азербайджанская сельско-хозяйственная перепись 1921 года. Вып. 9. Кубатлинский уезд (in Russian) (Издание Аз. Ц. С. У. ed.). Баку. 1922. p. 52. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
10. Административное деление АССР. Баку: Издание АзУНХУ. 1933. p. 101.