Teyvaz

Teyvaz
Municipality
Teyvaz
Coordinates: 39°15′19″N 45°46′17″E / 39.25528°N 45.77139°E / 39.25528; 45.77139Coordinates: 39°15′19″N 45°46′17″E / 39.25528°N 45.77139°E / 39.25528; 45.77139
Country  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic Nakhchivan
Rayon Julfa
Population (2005)
 • Total 350
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)

Teyvaz is a village and municipality in the Julfa Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 57 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, kindergarten and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 350.[1]

Etymology

The Teyvaz settlement was founded by the families who moved out from the Xanəgah village of Julfa rayon. According to some researchers, the name of the village made out from the words of taipa (wide) and az (valley) from ancient Turkic languages, means "the founded settlement in the vast valley located between the big watershed, hills and rivers".[2]

References

  1. ↑ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 326. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  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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