Country Azerbaijan Local time Thursday 6:05 AM | Time zone AZT (UTC+4) Population 1,791 (2005) | |
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Weather -1°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 90% Humidity Rayons Sharur District, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | ||
Dizə (also, Diza and Dize) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located 10 km in the north-east from the district center, on the left bank of the Arpachay River, on the Sharur plain. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, grain-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club, kindergarten and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,791.
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Etymology
In the ancient Iranian languages the word of dizə means "wall, fence," "fortified town", "fortress wall", "fortress", "fortified". It passed in to several Turkic languages, including Azerbaijani language and is used in meaning as "village".
Dize Necropolis
Dizə Necropolis - the archaeological monument of the first Bronze Age in the west of the same named village in the Sharur region. It was discovered during the farm work in 1969. The materials of destructed of two graves were collected and as a result of the research one of the graves were studied. The remained a part of the walls of the grave chamber were built from river stone with mud and floor also were plastered with mud. According to the remains of bones, can say that two people were buried here. They were in wrapped position and their heads to the south side. Mug and containers of bank-type were found from the grave. Discovered samples of the material culture are shows that the monument belongs to the Kura-Aras culture.