Kilvar
Kilvar (Armenian: Քիլվար;Tat: Kilvar) is a village in the Shabran District of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Pirəbədil.[1]
Kilvar
Քիլվար | |
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 Ruins of the Armenian church in Kilvar | |
  Kilvar | |
| Coordinates: 41°12′52″N 48°43′13″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Shabran |
| Municipality | Zeyvə |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
In 1908, the population of Kilvar was 599 Tat people.[2] Kilvar was home to one of the last two Armeno-Tat communities in Azerbaijan, with the other one in Madrasa, before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[3]
Gallery
Inscription above the doorway of the Armenian church
References
- ""Bələdiyyələrin statusu haqqında" Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on January 11, 2012.
- Кавказский календарь. — Тф., 1910. — 288 с.
- Samiian, Vida (2020). Advances in Iranian Linguistics. p. 280. ISBN 9789027260932.
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