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| Municipality | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Ordubad |
| Population | |
| • Total | 306 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Parağa (also Paragha and Paraga) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Ordubad-Tivi highway, 48 km in the north-west from the district center, on the left bank of the Gilanchay river, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 306.
Etymology
According to some researchers, the name of the Parağa village made out from the components of the Turkic word of para (village) and Persian word of gah (location) means "the place of the village" or "the place on the other bank". In the dialect of the Nakhchivan of the Azerbaijani language, the word of parağa means "foothill of the mountain", "slope of the mountain", and this is related with the geographical location of the settlement.
Armenian Monuments
The Surp Shimavon church (a domeless church dating from between the 12th and 17th century) was located in Paragha village; in the countryside was the Surp Hakob monastery, dating from the 12th century, with its main church, probably from the 17th century, being a large domed basilica.
References
- ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 217. 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.
- Argam Aivazian, "Nakhijevan Book of Monuments", Yerevan, 1990, pages 172-177.
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