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' (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
Population
0

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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
AZT
Settlement.utc_offset
+4

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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

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