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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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Qalakənd is referenced by 117 other articles, and connects out to Gadabay District, Daryurd and Plankənd.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Gadabay District.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Plankənd
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
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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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