Official Name: | az|Şirvan |
Native Name: | ԶարխուZarkhu |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Shamakhi |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.655°N 48.5153°W |
Shirvan |
Shirvan (az|Şirvan, hy|Զարխու|Zarkhu or Armenian: Շիրվանզադե,) and until 1994 as Khoylu (az|Xoylu),[1] is a village in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. This village had a generally homogeneous Armenian population in 1918 and maintained an Armenian majority up until the forced exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan in 1988.[2] [3]