Böyük Dəhnə (also, Bëyuk Dakhna, Beyuk-Degne, Beyuk-Dekhna, Beyyuk-Dakhna, and Byuyuk-Dakhne) is a village and municipality in the
Shaki Rayon
Shaki District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. Located in the north of the country, it belongs to the Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Qakh, Oghuz, Agdash, Yevlakh, and the Russian Republic o ...
of
Azerbaijan
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. It has a population of 5,255.
In 1902 some ancient artifacts, including the 1st or 2nd-century stone with
Greek
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inscription were found here. The square stone, being 145 cm long and 50 cm wide, reads: "Of blessed memory of benevolent Eunon, Aelius Iason".
[''Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia'', Baku, 1978, vol. 2, p. 289] The evidence was first published in 1904.
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Populated places in Shaki District
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