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Güznüt
Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Güznüt is a village and municipality in the Babek District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan. The village is located on a plain 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the city of Nakhchivan, on the left side of the Nakhchivan-Julfa highway. The local economy is mainly based on grain-growing and animal husbandry. There is a secondary school, club, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,563.[1] The village had an Armenian majority prior to the Muslim uprisings in Kars and Sharur–Nakhichevan.
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Name
In the Nakhchivan dialect of Armenian, Kznut means "plum place". The village was named because of the autumn sowing which is carried out in this area.[2]
Culture
There were several ancient churches in the village, an Armenian cemetery with medieval khachkars, but after the Armenian-Azerbaijani war in 1918-1920, the village was cleansed of its Armenian population, and these monuments were subsequently destroyed.[3] A mosque was built in the village in 1986–1992.
Notable natives
- Garegin Nzhdeh - (1886–1955) Armenian commander and national hero.
References
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