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Saqiyan (; ) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 544 and was one of the oldest Armenian-populated villages of the Shamakhi district.

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Place details

Region
Şamaxı
Country
Azərbaycan
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Saqiyan
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.native_name
ՍաղիանSaghian
Settlement.pushpin_map
Azerbaijan
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Shamakhi
Settlement.population_total
544
Settlement.timezone
AZT
Settlement.utc_offset
+4

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Saqiyan
Country
Azerbaijan
Elevation
720
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Image
SaqiyanMonastery.jpg
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native label
Saqiyan
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Encyclopedic overview

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Saqiyan (; ) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 544 and was one of the oldest Armenian-populated villages of the Shamakhi district.

== History == thumb|left|Ruins of St. Stephen Protomartyr episcopal monastery The name Saghian was first mentioned in 1636. At the north-western end of the village, the famous and valuable monument of the village, the episcopal monastery of St. Stephen Protomartyr is preserved. The monastery was built in 1660 and for hundreds of years it was the seat of the leader of the Shamakhi diocese.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guneshli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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