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Jek (Quba)

Coordinates: 41°11′49″N 48°14′30″E / 41.19694°N 48.24167°E / 41.19694; 48.24167
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41°11′49″N 48°14′30″E / 41.19694°N 48.24167°E / 41.19694; 48.24167

Cek
Country Azerbaijan
RayonQuba
MunicipalityƏlik
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Cek (also, Jek, Dzheg and Dzhek) is a village in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Əlik.[1] They live, primarily, in the region around Mount Shahdag in Quba Rayon in northeastern Azerbaidzhan.[2]

Population

In 1886 their population was estimated at 7,767.[2]

In 1926 their population was estimated at 607.[2] Although only 607 individuals claimed Dzhek ethnicity, 4,348 listed Dzhek as their native language.[2] These were probably Dzheks who listed themselves as Azerbaidzhans speaking Dzhek as their native language.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984.

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