Sarıcallı (also, Sarıcalı and Saryjally) is a village in the Shukurbayli administrative unit of

Jabrayil district Jabrayil District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the East Zangezur Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojavend, Fuzuli, Qubadli, Zangilan, and t ...

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, located on Goyana steppe, 12 km south of the city of

Jabrayil Jabrayil (, ) is a ghost city in Azerbaijan, nominally the administrative capital of Azerbaijan's Jabrayil District. A town with Azerbaijani majority and Armenians, Armenian plurality at various times during the Russian Empire, Russian imperial ...

Etymology

The name comes from one branch of the Bahmanly tribe called the Saryjally.

History

During the years of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

, the village of Saryjally was part of

, Elizavetpol province. During the Soviet years, the village was part of Jabrayil district,

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. The village was captured by Armenian forces in the First Karabakh War. On 5 October 2020, Azerbaijani President

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announced that the

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liberated and took control over the village of Saryjally,

Economy

The main branch of economy was the animal husbandry.

Population

According to the “Code of statistical data of the Transcaucasian region population, extracted from the family lists of 1886”, in the village of Saryjally, Soltanly rural district, Jabrayil district, there were 73 dym where lived 326

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(listed as “Tatars”), who were Shiites by religion and peasants. According to the “ Caucasian Calendar” for 1912, 398 people lived in the village of Saryjally, Karyagin district, mostly Azerbaijanis, indicated in the calendar as “Tatars”.

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İşğaldan azad olunmuş Cəbrayıl rayonunun Sarıcallı kəndindən videoreportaj
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saryjally, Jabrayil Populated places in Jabrayil District