Türkeş
Sign in to save' (also, Tyurkesh, Terkeş, Tərkesh; Tırkeş, Tyrkesh until 2003) or Taterk' () is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 13 km in the south-west from the district center, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry.
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Place details
- Locality
- Türkeş
- Region
- Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası
- Country
- Azərbaycan
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Türkeş
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Azerbaijan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous republic
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nakhchivan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Shahbuz
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 407
- Settlement.timezone
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Shahbuz District
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Türkeş Necropolis
- References
' (also, Tyurkesh, Terkeş, Tərkesh; Tırkeş, Tyrkesh until 2003) or Taterk' () is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 13 km in the south-west from the district center, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry.
There are a secondary school, a library, a club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 407. Türkeş is located on a foothill, in the junction of the Nakhchivanchay River and its tributary of Selesuz River.