Badamlı
Badamlı | |
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Municipality | |
  Badamlı | |
| Coordinates: 39°27′00″N 45°31′46″E / 39.45000°N 45.52944°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Shakhbuz |
| Population (2005)[citation needed] | |
| • Total | 1,101 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Badamlı (also, Badamly) is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 14 km in the west from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, culture house, library and hospital in the village. It has a population of 1,101. There were the ram stone sculptures of the Middle Ages in the cemetery of its territory.[1]
Etymology
It is located in the southern slope of the ridge of the Daralayaz . The name of the village means "The village which has almond trees in its territory". The settlement was found in the area named Badamlı (Almonds) which indeed was the rich with wild almond trees.[2]
Historical and archaeological monuments
Badamlı Necropolis
Badamlı Necropolis - the archaeological monument of the Middle Ages in the same named village of the Shahbuz rayon. Its area is 0.25 hectares; it consists of a Muslim cemetery. The head and chest stones of the graves are destroyed; written deceased's date of death on one of the graves. It is supposed that it is belongs to the 15-16 centuries.[1]
References
- ^ a b ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 73. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ 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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