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Municipality in Shaki, Azerbaijan
Baş Küngüt
Municipality
Baş Küngüt is located in AzerbaijanBaş KüngütBaş KüngütShow map of AzerbaijanBaş Küngüt is located in Shaki-Zagatala Economic RegionBaş KüngütBaş KüngütShow map of Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region
Coordinates: 41°10′13″N 47°19′56″E / 41.17028°N 47.33222°E / 41.17028; 47.33222
Country Azerbaijan
RayonShaki
Population
 • Total1,381
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Baş Küngüt (also, Bash-Kyungyut) is a village and municipality in the Shaki district of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,381.

The etymology of the name Küngüt in the name of the village comes from the name of the country Kang (Kangar), with a Sogdian plural suffix -t, expressed in the ancient Chinese annals as Guniue.

References

  1. Yu. Zuev, "Early Türks: Essays on history and ideology", p. 148, with reference to M.Kashgari "Divan-i Lughat-it-Turk", Vol. 1, p. 159; Vol. 3, p. 149, Tashkent, 1964
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Capital: Shaki
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