Yeni Kərki
| Yeni Kərki | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
  Yeni Kərki | |
| Coordinates: 39°18′36″N 45°13′18″E / 39.31000°N 45.22167°ECoordinates: 39°18′36″N 45°13′18″E / 39.31000°N 45.22167°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Kangarli |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 380 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
Yeni Kərki (also, New Karki, Karki and Kerki) is a village and the least populous municipality in the Kangarli Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sharur highway, 14 km in the north-east from the district center. Its population is mainly busy with animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 380.[1]
History
Yeni Kərki (New Karki) was founded by refugees from Karki village of the Sadarak Rayon. Karki was occupied by the Armenia in 19 January, 1990, during the Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2][3][4][1]
Etymology
Oykonim is related with the name of the Karki tribe. In the sources indicated that the Karki tribes came to Azerbaijan in the composition of the Turkic Kipchaks in the early Middle Ages. There is information about the existing tribe of the kərkibaşlı (karki-bashly) which was the one of the arms of the qazakhly tribe in the beginning of the XIX century. One of the arms of the Ersari tribe of Turkmens was called Karki. Karki tribes were registered on the territories of Uzbekistan and Turkey. In the territory of the Turkmenistan are exist a city, district, settlement and Kərkidag mountain which is also named Karki.[5]
References
- 1 2 ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 356. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
- ↑ Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
- ↑ Kərkinin taleyi
- ↑ Sadarak District Court
- ↑ 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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