Aşağı Qışlaq Explained

Aşağı Qışlaq
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous republic
Subdivision Name1:Nakhchivan
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Shahbuz
Leader Title:Title
Leader Name:Shabuz
Established Title:10-09-2020
Area Total Km2:50000309
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:917
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.4694°N 45.7019°W

Aşağı Qışlaq (also Ashagy Kyshlak and Alimammed-Kyshlagi) is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located one kilometer from the Yevlakh-Lachin-Nakhchivan highway and twelve kilometers north-east of the district center. The main sectors of industry for the village include gardening and animal husbandry. There is a secondary school, a library, a communications branch, a club, and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 917.[1]

Etymology

Aşağı Qışlaq (Ashaghy Kyshlak) is the foothill area. While the second component of the name of Ashaghy Kyshlak technically translates to "wintering", the translation should not be taken literally, as the villages of the Yukhary (Upper) Kyshlak and Ashaghy (Lower) Kyshlak are not suitable for wintering. The name is associated with the name of one of the arms of the Gyzyl Kyshlak tribe (Orta Kyshlak, Gyullu Kyshlak, Yazly Kyshlak, Yazy Kyshlak or Dyuz Kyshlak) of the Turkic Kengerli. The name of Ashaghy Kyshlak as an ethno toponym means "the lower part of the territory", and it is inhabited by the tribe of the kyshlhak.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. ANAS. Baku. 2005. I. 37. 5-8066-1468-9.
  2. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .