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Havuş
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Havuş (formerly known as Havus) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic enclave in Azerbaijan. It is located 35 kilometers west of the district center on the slope of the Daralayaz ridge, which forms the border with Armenia. Havuş is about 2,000 meters above sea level. There is a secondary school, club, and a medical centre in the village. As of 2005, Havuş had a population of 114. The settlement ofTamaşalı and a cemetery dating back to the Middle Ages are located within its territory.
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Place details
- Locality
- Havuş
- Region
- Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Havuş
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous republic
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nakhchivan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sharur
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 114
- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Havuş
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Sharur District
- Official language
- Azerbaijani
- Elevation
- 1884
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Historical and archaeological monuments
- Havuş Maiden's Tower
- Havuş Necropolis
- Havush Sanctuary
- References
Havuş (formerly known as Havus) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic enclave in Azerbaijan. It is located 35 kilometers west of the district center on the slope of the Daralayaz ridge, which forms the border with Armenia. Havuş is about 2,000 meters above sea level. There is a secondary school, club, and a medical centre in the village. As of 2005, Havuş had a population of 114. The settlement ofTamaşalı and a cemetery dating back to the Middle Ages are located within its territory.
==Etymology== According to some researchers, havuş is a distorted form of the word ağuş. In Persian, the word ağuş means "embrace with open arms." The village derives its name from its location, since it is situated at the foot of Mount Avuş. There is also a spring of the same name located nearby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Havuş” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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