Qaraxanbəyli, Nakhchivan

Qaraxanbəyli
Municipality
Qaraxanbəyli is located in Azerbaijan
Qaraxanbəyli
Qaraxanbəyli
Coordinates: 39°11′17″N 45°23′29″E / 39.18806°N 45.39139°E / 39.18806; 45.39139
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Population
 (2005)[citation needed]
 • Total
2,397
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Qaraxanbəyli (also, Garakhanbayli, Karakhanbeyli and Karakhan-begly) is a village and municipality in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located in the south of the city of Nakhchivan, next to it. The international railway of Azerbaijan used to be passed through the village. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, animal husbandry, fruit-growing and horticulture. There are secondary school, club, library, cultural center and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 2,397.[1]

Etymology

The settlement was founded by the tribe of Qaraxanbəyli of Turkic Kengerlis. In the middle of the 18th century, a part of the qaraxanbəyli tribe has been resettled in the Karabakh Khanate by the Panah Ali Khan.[2]

History

Since June 9, 2009, the Garakhanbayli village of Babak region are included in the scope of administrative-territorial unit of Nakhchivan.[3]

Notable natives

References

  1. ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 318. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  2. ^ Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
  3. ^ Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikasının Naxçıvan şəhərinin və Babək rayonunun inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının 9 iyun 2009-cu il tarixli, 829-IIIQ saylı Qanunu[permanent dead link‍](in Azerbaijani)
  4. ^ "Seyidov Mirasgar Mirabdulla oglu". milliqahraman.az.