Zəyəm (also, Zagam, Zagyam, and Zeyam; ) is a village and municipality in the
Qakh Rayon
Qakh District (; ; ) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north of the country, in the Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Zagatala, Shaki, Samukh, Yevlakh, as well as the Kakheti r ...
of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
. It has a population of 1,553. It was named in memory of the historic bazaar town of
Zagem
Zagem or Bazari ( ka, ბაზარი) was a town in the South Caucasus, southeast Caucasus, in the eastern Georgia (country), Georgian kingdom of Kakheti. It flourished from the 15th to the 17th century as a vibrant commercial and artisanal cen ...
, destroyed in the early 17th century, but there is no proof that this was Zagem's original site, which was on the bank of the
Alazani River
The Alazani ( ) is a river that flows through the Caucasus. It is the main tributary of the Kura in eastern Georgia, and flows for . Part of its path forms the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan, before it meets the Kura at the Mingəçevir R ...
.
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Populated places in Qakh District
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