Qarahəsənli | |
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: | Sharur |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 737 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.4667°N 102°W |
Qarahəsənli (also, Karagasanli and Kara-Gasanlu) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 10 km away from the district center, on the bank of the Arpachay River. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, farming, foddering and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 737.[1]
The village's name is pronounced as Qarasannı in the local dialect. The names are considered as the ethno toponym. In the 1940s, the three settlements in named Karasan were registered in the Crimea.[2]