Anaqut Explained

Anaqut
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:Ordubad
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:428
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:38.9814°N 45.9642°W

Anaqut (also, Anagyut, until 2003,[1] Danaqırt, and Danagyrt) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 26 km away from the district center. The Venend river flows through center of the village. Its population mainly is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing and animal husbandry. There are club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 428.[2]

Monuments

There was an Armenian church in the village - St. Astvatsatsin Church. It was still standing in the 1980s and had been destroyed by February 2000.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://e-qanun.az/print.php?internal=view&target=1&docid=2125&doctype=0 "Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası şəhər və rayonlarının inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında" Azərbaycan Respublikasının 1 mart 2003-cü il tarixli, 423-IIQ nömrəli Qanunu
  2. Book: ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. ANAS. Baku. 2005. I. 25. 5-8066-1468-9.
  3. Book: Khatchadourian, Lori . Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan . Smith . Adam T. . Ghulyan . Husik . Lindsay . Ian . Ithaca NY . 2022 . Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies . 100–103 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924101952/https://indd.adobe.com/view/publication/2a6c8a55-75b0-4c78-8932-dc798a9012fb/58x9/publication-web-resources/pdf/CHWNakhichevanReportFull.pdf . 24 September 2022 . live.