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Xoşkeşin (also, Xoşkeşiş, Khoshkeshin and Koshkesin) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 34 km to the north of the district center, on the left bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge. Its economy centers on vineyards, farming and animal husbandry. The village has a secondary school, a club, two libraries, a communication branch, and a medical center, and has a population of 383. The Ilandağ cuneiform inscriptions have been recorded in the vicinity of the village.

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Place details

Locality
Xoşkeşin
Region
Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası
Country
Azərbaycan
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Xoşkeşin
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
Julfa
Settlement.population_as_of
2005
Settlement.population_total
383
Settlement.timezone
AZT
Settlement.utc_offset
+4

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Azerbaijan
Located in
Julfa District
Population
411
Time zone
UTC+04:00
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Historical and archaeological sites
  • Ilandagh cuneiform inscription
  • Qıtqın (Gytgyn)
  • Khoshkeshin
  • Khoshkeshin Necropolis
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Xoşkeşin (also, Xoşkeşiş, Khoshkeshin and Koshkesin) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 34 km to the north of the district center, on the left bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge. Its economy centers on vineyards, farming and animal husbandry. The village has a secondary school, a club, two libraries, a communication branch, and a medical center, and has a population of 383. The Ilandağ cuneiform inscriptions have been recorded in the vicinity of the village.

==Etymology== The name of the village comes from the words koş (temporary housing for shepherds, homeland, stopping place, migration) and kezen (span, mountain crest) phonetic form of the word kesin/keşin in the Turkic languages and means "stopping place of shepherds on the crest of the mountain".

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