Teyvaz

Teyvaz
Municipality
Teyvaz is located in Azerbaijan
Teyvaz
Teyvaz
Coordinates: 39°15′19″N 45°46′17″E / 39.25528°N 45.77139°E / 39.25528; 45.77139
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictJulfa
Population
 (2005)[citation needed]
 • Total
350
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Teyvaz is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 57 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, kindergarten and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 350.[1]

Etymology

According to some researchers,[which?] the name of the village derives from the words taipa (wide) and az (valley) from ancient Turkic languages, meaning "the founded settlement in the vast valley located between the big watershed, hills and rivers".[2]

References

  1. ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. II. Baku: ANAS. p. 326. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  2. ^ Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijan Toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.


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