Yuxarı Daşarx

Yuxarı Daşarx
Municipality
Yuxarı Daşarx is located in Azerbaijan
Yuxarı Daşarx
Yuxarı Daşarx
Coordinates: 39°33′22″N 45°02′29″E / 39.55611°N 45.04139°E / 39.55611; 45.04139
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictSharur
Population
 (2005)[citation needed]
 • Total
1,499
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Yuxarı Daşarx (also, Yukhari-Dasharkh and Yukhary-Dasharkh) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located on the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, 8 km away from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing and horticulture. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,499.[1]

Etymology

The village is so called because it built near the irrigation ditch named Daşarx (Dasharkh), and slightly above. And irrigation ditch is so called because it was built from the stony and rocky area. The name made out from the component of the words of daş (stone) and arx (ditch, aryk) means "the irrigation ditch from stone".[2]

References

  1. ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. II. Baku: ANAS. p. 358. 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.


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