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Qarabağlar
Municipality
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
Rayon	Kangarli
Population
• Total	5,902
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Qarabağlar (also, Garabaghlar, Karabaglar and Karabakhlar) is a village and the most populous municipality in the Kangarli Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Surrounded with gardens, ancient but still working underground water-supplies, Garabaghlar village is located 7 km in the north west from the center of the region, at the foot of the Daralayaz mountain chain. It has a population of 5,902 (2005). Garabaghlar village well known with the famous Garabaghlar Mausoleum.

History

In the middle ages, Garabaghlar was one of the ancient cities of the Azerbaijan. Thanks to its location along the main caravan routes linking Europe with the Middle East, the craftsmanship, trade and the economy have been highly developed in the city. The city, as the seen from its name, was covered with a large garden and greenery. Ditches were built from the small rivers and springs flowing from the mountains. City has been popular with fruits and types of grapes.

Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi (17th century) has described Garabaghlar as a great city located between orchards in his work "Seyahatname". According to him, in the 17th century, about 50 thousand people lived in the Garabaghlar; there were 10 thousand houses, 70 mosques, 40 minaret, a large caravanserai, market, bath-house and etc. In the XVII-XVIII centuries the city has declined as a result of feudal wars and infighting. 2 thousand people lived in Garabaghlar at the beginning of the 20th century. Not only of Azerbaijan, but also one of the architectural masterpieces of Asia, Garabaghlar architectural complex is in the north west of the village.

References

1. Əliyev V.: Tarixin izləri ilə. Bakı: Elm və Təhsil. 1975.
2. "Naxçıvan Ensiklopediyası" - 2 cilddə, I cild, Naxçıvan, 2005, səh 313-314. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9
3. Övliyya Çələbi: Səyahətnamə (Azərbaycan tarixinə dair materiallar). Bakı. 1997.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

• Qarabağlar, Nakhchivan at GEOnet Names Server

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Capital: Qıvraq
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