Aşağı Qışlaq

Coordinates: 39°28′10″N 45°42′07″E / 39.46944°N 45.70194°E / 39.46944; 45.70194
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Aşağı Qışlaq
Municipality
Aşağı Qışlaq is located in Azerbaijan
Aşağı Qışlaq
Aşağı Qışlaq
Coordinates: 39°28′10″N 45°42′07″E / 39.46944°N 45.70194°E / 39.46944; 45.70194
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictShahbuz
Government
 • TitleShabuz
Area
 • Total50,000,309 km2 (19,305,227 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)[1]
 • Total917
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Aşağı Qışlaq (also Ashagy Kyshlak and Alimammed-Kyshlagi) is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located one kilometer from the Yevlakh-Lachin-Nakhchivan highway and twelve kilometers north-east of the district center. The main sectors of industry for the village include gardening and animal husbandry. There is a secondary school, a library, a communications branch, a club, and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 917.[1]

Etymology[edit]

Aşağı Qışlaq (Ashaghy Kyshlak) is the foothill area. While the second component of the name of Ashaghy Kyshlak technically translates to "wintering", the translation should not be taken literally, as the villages of the Yukhary (Upper) Kyshlak and Ashaghy (Lower) Kyshlak are not suitable for wintering. The name is associated with the name of one of the arms of the Gyzyl Kyshlak tribe (Orta Kyshlak, Gyullu Kyshlak, Yazly Kyshlak, Yazy Kyshlak or Dyuz Kyshlak) of the Turkic Kengerli. The name of Ashaghy Kyshlak as an ethno toponym means "the lower part of the territory", and it is inhabited by the tribe of the kyshlhak.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 37. 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.