Qarahəsənli (also, Karagasanli and Kara-Gasanlu) is a village and municipality in the

Sharur District Sharur District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Kangarli, Sadarak, as well as the Vayots Dzor and Ararat provinces of Armenia and the West Azerbaijan Prov ...

of Nakhchivan,

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. It is located 10 km away from the district center, on the bank of the Arpachay River. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, farming, foddering and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 737.

Etymology

The village's name is pronounced as Qarasannı in the local dialect. The names are considered as the ethno toponym. In the 1940s, the three settlements in named ''Karasan'' were registered in the

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Notable natives

Kerim Kerimov Lieutenant General Kerim Abbasali oghlu Kerimov (, ; November 14, 1917March 29, 2003) was a Soviet and Russian engineer of Azerbaijani ethnicity and a general in Soviet Army, who is regarded as one of the key scientists and founders in the Sovi ...

— National Hero of Azerbaijan.

References

* Populated places in Sharur District {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub