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Çərəkən
Çərəkən () is a village in Horovlu administrative-territorial unit of Jabrayil district, Azerbaijan, located on a plain, 3 km northeast of the city of Jabrayil. Etymology Village's name is derived from the words "chara" (Azerb. Çərə), meaning “pasture” and "kand (Azerb. kənd), meaning “village”. Thus, oikonym means “a village founded on a pasture site”. The sound "d" was subsequently omitted from the name of the village. History The village was founded in an area called "chere". During the years of the Russian Empire, the village of Charakanlu (Charakan) was part of Jabrayil district (later - Karyagin) of Elizavetpol province. During the Soviet years, the village was part of Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan SSR. The village was captured by Armenian forces in the First Karabakh War and was destroyed. On the evening of 4 October 2020, on AzTV, the state television channel, in a life transmission, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, in an addre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horovlu
Horovlu (Gorovlu, and Khorovlu) village within the administrative-territorial unit of the same name in the Jabrayil District, Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan, located on a plain, 8 km east of the city of Jabrayil. It was occupied by the Armed Forces of Armenia between 1993 and late 2020. Etymology According to the “Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Toponyms of Azerbaijan”, the name of the village comes from the name of Horov village in Azerbaijan (Iran), Iranian Azerbaijan, people from which having resettled here in the 19th century, founded the village. History During the years of the Russian Empire, the village was part of Jabrayil District, Jabrayil district, Elizavetpol Governorate, Elizavetpol province. During the Soviet years, the village was part of the Horovlu village council, Jabrayil District, Jabrayil district, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR. The village was captured by Armenian forces in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, First Karabakh War and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |