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 [k'ɑt'ɛxɪ] 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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