Qalakənd
Sign in to saveQalakənd (also, Kalakend) is a village in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Plankənd. The name "Qalakənd" means "castle town", referring to the ruins of the medieval fortress of Parisos located near the village on a bluff overlooking the Shamkir river.
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Place details
- Locality
- Əlinağılar
- Region
- Gadabay District
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Qalakənd
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Rayon
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gadabay
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Plankənd
- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +5
- Settlement.elevation_ft
- 4317
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Encyclopedic overview
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Qalakənd (also, Kalakend) is a village in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Plankənd. The name "Qalakənd" means "castle town", referring to the ruins of the medieval fortress of Parisos located near the village on a bluff overlooking the Shamkir river.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qalakənd” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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