Local time Thursday 11:42 AM | Time zone AZT (UTC+4) Population 350 (2005) | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 36% Humidity Rayons Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Julfa District | ||
Teyvaz is a village and municipality in the Julfa Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 57 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 farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, kindergarten and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 350.
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Map of Teyvaz, Azerbaijan
Etymology
The Teyvaz settlement was founded by the families who moved out from the Xanəgah village of Julfa rayon. According to some researchers, the name of the village made out from the words of taipa (wide) and az (valley) from ancient Turkic languages, means "the founded settlement in the vast valley located between the big watershed, hills and rivers".
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