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| Municipality | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Babek |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,363 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Yarımca (also, Yarmıca and Yarymdzha) is a village and municipality in the Babek Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 8 km in the north-east from the district center, on the bank of the Nakhchivanchay River, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, horticulture and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, two libraries, club, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,363.
Etymology
In the past, as a result of the settlement by the group of families from the same village in the land which belonged to the old village, the new settlement used to be called Yarımca (Yarymdzha). The name means "half of the village". The population of the new village wasn't had the independent name, because they were part of the same community with the old village.
References
- ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 353. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help); Check|first=value (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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