Bənəniyar

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Bənəniyar
Municipality
Bənəniyar is located in Azerbaijan
Bənəniyar
Bənəniyar
Coordinates: 39°08′47″N 45°39′05″E / 39.14639°N 45.65139°E / 39.14639; 45.65139Coordinates: 39°08′47″N 45°39′05″E / 39.14639°N 45.65139°E / 39.14639; 45.65139
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictJulfa
Elevation
1,120 m (3,670 ft)
Population
 (2005)[citation needed]
 • Total3,253
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Bananiyar (Azerbaijani: Bənəniyar) or Aparanner (Armenian: Ապարաններ) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 25 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the , on the slope of the Syunik ridge.

Its population is busy with vine-growing, grain-growing and animal husbandry. It has a population of 3,253. There are a secondary school, cultural house, library, communication branch, and a medical center in the village. There is a medieval cemetery near the village. [1]

Etymology[]

The name of the village made out from the component of the Turkic words of bənən (glade on the slope of the mountain) and yar (ravine, valley) means "ravine on the neck of the mountain, the hollow place at the mountain pass". The geographical location of the village is suitable for this meaning.[2]

Bananiyar Cemetery[]

Bananiyar Cemetery - the medieval monument near the same-named village of the Julfa region, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River. It was registered in 1976. The necropolis consists of the soil graves in rectangular form, oriented from the west toward the east. In its area were found the gravestones in ram form of the Middle Ages made from red tuff; there are written articles in Arabic language on its top part. The cemetery belongs to the 13th–14th centuries BC.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 86. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9. |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.

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