Katex

Katex
Katex
Municipality
	Katex
	Coordinates: 41°38′40″N 46°32′32″E / 41.64444°N 46.54222°E
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Balakan
Population [citation needed]
• Total	7,432
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

Katex [Katekh] (also, Gədıx [gyadıkh], Katekh, and Katekhi; Template:Lang-av) is a village at the foot of the Caucasian Mountains and the most populous municipality, except for the capital Balakən, in the Balakan Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village (კატეხი in Georgian) and its church are mentioned by Catholicos of Georgia Melchizedek in 1020^[1]. The village for short period in 1918-1921 was the part of the Georgian Democratic Republic.

Zagatala State Reserve at the north of the village is a popular tourist destination, and has the picturesque waterfall Katex, a local favourite spot.

Street Geybulla (in local dialect Gayvalı) is a 17th-century mosque, which served as a warehouse in Soviet times for storing various agricultural products such as tobacco leaves and grain.

Katekh also is a home to Sofu Baba Pir, a sacred destination situated at the entrance to the village, which is said to be a burial place of a Sufi sheikh. The local population still practices modified zikr (dhikr) of Naqshbandi order during local and family festivities.

The village has a population of 7,432. The municipality consists of the villages of Katex and Beretbinə.^[2]

Gallery

The Katexçay [Katex river] in Katex

References

^ თედო ჟორდანია, "ქრონიკები და სხვა მასალა საქართველოს ისტორიისა და მწერლობისა", წიგნი II, ტფილისი, 1897, p. 33
^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.

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[1] თედო ჟორდანია, "ქრონიკები და სხვა მასალა საქართველოს ისტორიისა და მწერლობისა", წიგნი II, ტფილისი, 1897, p. 33

[2] "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.

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