Bənəniyar

Bənəniyar (also, Bənənyar and Bananiyar, Armenian: Ապարաններ) is a village and municipality in the Julfa Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 25 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge. Its population is busy with vine-growing, grain-growing and animal husbandry. It has a population of 3,253. There are a secondary school, cultural house, library, communication branch, and a medical center in the village. There is a medieval cemetery near the village. [1]

Bənəniyar
Municipality
Bənəniyar
Coordinates: 39°08′47″N 45°39′05″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
RayonJulfa
Elevation
1,120 m (3,670 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total3,253
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Etymology

The name of the village made out from the component of the Turkic words of bənən (glade on the slope of the mountain) and yar (ravine, valley) means "ravine on the neck of the mountain, the hollow place at the mountain pass". The geographical location of the village is suitable for this meaning.[2]

Bananiyar Cemetery

Bananiyar Cemetery - the medieval monument near the same-named village of the Julfa region, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River. It was registered in 1976. The necropolis consists of the soil graves in rectangular form, oriented from the west toward the east. In its area were found the gravestones in ram form of the Middle Ages made from red tuff; there are written articles in Arabic language on its top part. The cemetery belongs to the 13th–14th centuries BC.[1]

See also

References
  1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 86. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  2. 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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