Şada (also, Sada, Shada, Shadakend, and Shady) is a village and the least populous municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 18 km in the north-west from the district center, on the slope of the Daralayaz ridge. There is a secondary school, library, and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 164.[1]
Şada | |
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Municipality | |
  Şada | |
| Coordinates: 39°29′10″N 45°29′40″E / 39.48611°N 45.49444°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan District |
| Population (2005)[citation needed] | |
• Total | 164 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Qaraboya
editQaraboya (also, Garaboya and Karaboya) - the existed village on the slope of the Ov Mountain in the Shahbuz district. Its population have been resettled in the Shada and Badamlı villages in 1960.[1]
Monuments
editSt. Khach or Kamu Khach Monastery was a ruinous Armenian monastery located approximately 2-2.5 km south of the village.[2] The monastery was founded in the 11th or 12th century and was in a ruinous condition in the late Soviet period.[2] It was razed at some point between 1997 and 2008.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. II. Baku: ANAS. p. 283. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
- ^ a b c Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 366–367. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
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