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Zangilan
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Zangilan (, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Zangilan District. It is situated along the Voghji (Okhchuchay) river.
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Place details
- Locality
- Zəngilan
- Region
- Zangilan District
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 7,483
- Timezone
- Asia/Baku
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zangilan
- Settlement.native_name
- Zəngilan
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top left:
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zangilan
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 500
- Settlement.timezone
- UTC
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Zəngilan
- Population
- 500
- Image
- Kovsakan116.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 64
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- Commons category
- Zəngilan
- native label
- Zəngilan
- time of earliest written record
- 1301-00-00
- P12749
- Nile
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Zangilan (, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Zangilan District. It is situated along the Voghji (Okhchuchay) river.
== Etymology == According to the Armenian historian Hovhannes Gharagyozian, the town's historical name of Pirchivan, which it held until 1957 when it was renamed to Zangilan, originates from the settlement of Ashtarak mentioned by Stepanos Orbelian in his list of villages in the Kovsakan county of Syunik. The word ‘Ashtarak’ is seen as a synonym for ‘burj’ (tower/fortress) in the Armenian language. The name of the settlement next to the fortress comes from the joining of the words “Burj” + the Armenian suffix “-avan” (settlement). Thus creating “Burgi avan>Burjevan>Brjevan,” which was transformed into Pirchivan under Turkic phonetic influence.
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