Mərəlik

Mərəlik
Mərəlik
Municipality
	Mərəlik
	Coordinates: 39°22′35″N 45°30′08″E / 39.37639°N 45.50222°ECoordinates: 39°22′35″N 45°30′08″E / 39.37639°N 45.50222°E
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
District	Shahbuz
Population (2005)[citation needed]
• Total	212
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Mərəlik (also, Maralıq, Maralik, Merelik, and Maralyk) is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Yevlakh-Lachin-Nakhchivan highway, 8 km in the west from the district center. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are Primary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 212.^[1]

Etymology[]

The name of the village consists from the Arabic word of məra (common pasture, pastures) and from the suffix -lıq in the meaning of the place, location in Azerbaijani language, means "the location of pasture, the place of pasture".^[2]

References[]

^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 39. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9. |volume= has extra text (help)
^ 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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[ANAS-1] ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 39. 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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Capital: Şahbuz
Ağbulaq Aşağı Qışlaq Ayrınc Badamlı Badamlısu Biçənək Daylaqlı Gömür Güney Qışlaq Keçili Kiçikoba Kolanı Kükü Külüs Mahmudoba Mərəlik Nursu Qızıl Qışlaq Şada Şahbuz Şahbuzkənd Sələsüz Türkeş Yuxarı Qışlaq