Güznüt

Güznüt
Güznüt
Municipality
	Güznüt
	Coordinates: 39°07′39″N 45°31′54″E / 39.12750°N 45.53167°E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
Rayon	Babek
Population (2005)[citation needed]
• Total	1,563
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Güznüt (also, Gyuznyut, Kuznut, and Kyuznut) is a village and municipality in the Babek Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. The village is located on the plain, 10 km away from the center of the region, at the left side of the Nakhchivan-Julfa highway. It is located in the left side of the Nakhchivan-Julfa highway, 10 km from the district center, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,563.^[1]

Etymology

In the Nakhchivan dialect, Kznut means "plum place". The village was named because of the autumn sowing which is carried out in this area.^[2]

Notable Natives

Qafar Qərib - Member of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union.
Garegin Nzhdeh - (1886 -1955) Armenian commander and national hero.

References

^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 218. 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.

Güznüt at GEOnet Names Server

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[ANAS-1] ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 218. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[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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