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| Municipality | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Kangarli |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,424 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Böyükdüz (also, Böyük Düz and Bëyuk-Dyuz) is a village and municipality in the Kangarli Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 23 km in the north-west from the district center, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, fodder and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,424. Nearby, there is a settlement of the medieval ages.
Etymology
The village took its name from the area which called Boyukduz and means (the large area). The semi-arid land is used as winter pasture. The oronym shows the width of the plain. There is the Boyukduz mountain in the area. Its height is 957 m. The geographic object is named like that because of the coverage of a large area.
Böyükdüz
Old Boyukduz - is the place of residence of the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Kangarli District. At the moment it is under the Araz Water Reservoir. It was studied in 1973. The construction remains were found from this hill. On the hill, there were scattered fragments of gray and red clay pots of various shapes. The cultural layer was composed of layers of clay mixed with ash; There were discovered the gray and red clay fragments, osteology fragments, industrial waste, the obsidian fragments, the fragments of glass and iron and etc. The findings are keeping in the Nakhchivan State History Museum. It is supposed that the place of residence belongs to the 2-1 millennium of BC.
References
- ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 97. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
{{cite book}}:|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.
| Kangarli District | ||
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| Capital: Qıvraq | ||
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