Qaraburc | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 39°35′N44°56′E / 39.583°N 44.933°E Coordinates: 39°35′N44°56′E / 39.583°N 44.933°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
District | Sharur |
Population | |
• Total | 458 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Qaraburc (also, Karaburdzh) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 6 km away from the district center, on the bank of the Araz River. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 458. [1]
The name made out from the words of qara (black) and bürc (the tower of fortress) and means "black colored tower". The name of the village was established with relation of the ruins of the ancient fortress in the near of the village. It is supposed that the name also is in version of Qalabürc (the tower of fortress). Since 2003, the name of the village was officially registered as Qaraburc. In the Turkic languages, the word of the burc//bürc was used in the meaning of "pepper", "fortified place, trench", "acorn". [2]
Pəzməri is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 37 km in the north-west from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, beekeeping and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 158.
Güznüt is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The village is located on the plain, 10 km away from the center of the region, at the left side of the Nakhchivan-Julfa highway. It is located in the left side of the Nakhchivan-Julfa highway, 10 km from the district center, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,563.
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Nahajir is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 22 km in the north from the district center, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, two library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 514. Until 6 January 2015, it belonged to the neighbouring Julfa District.
Şahtaxtı is a village and municipality in the Kangarli District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The village is located in the Sharur plain, 4.5 km south-west from the regional center. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, kindergarten, cultural house and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 3,100. The medieval monuments of Cinlidere is located in the south-west of the village, but in the west, at the Givrag plateau, is located Shahbaghy. South of the village lies the city of Poldasht in Iran.
Payız is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The village is located at the foothills, on the both banks of the Jahri River. Its population is busy with grain-growing, poultry and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,074. Nearby have been found the same named monument of the Bronze Age and early Iron Age and the Çalxanqala (Chalkhangala) settlement of the Bronze Age.
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Dərəkənd is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sharur highway, 10 km in the south-east from the district center, on the Sharur plain. Its population is mainly busy with animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,216.
Qarxun is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Sharur-Nakhchivan highway, 3 km away from the district center, on the right bank of the Arpachay River, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, beet-growing and animal husbandry. There are the iron - concrete products and gravel separating factories, secondary school, cultural house, kindergarten and a hospital in the village. It has a population of 1,924.
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Aşağı Yaycı is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located 16 km in the north-east from the district center, on the left bank of the Arpachay River, on the slope of the Daralayaz range. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, cultural house and hospital in the village. It has a population of 1,462. The settlement of Qız qalası of the Bronze and early Iron Ages is located in the south-west of the village, on the slope of the mountain range.
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Çalxanqala is a village and municipality in the Kangarli District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 33 km in the north-west from the district center, on the south slope of the Daralayaz ridge. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vine-growing, beekeeping and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, music school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 2,149. It was the last Armenian-populated town in Nakhchivan.
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