Şirvan, Shamakhi

Şirvan (Armenian: Զարխու, romanized: Zarkhu or Շիրվանզադե, Shirvanzade) and until 1994 as Xoylu,[1] is a village in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. This village had a generally homogeneous Armenian population in 1918 and maintained an Armenian majority up until the forced exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan in 1988.[2][3]

Şirvan
Զարխու  Zarkhu
Şirvan
Coordinates: 40°39′18″N 48°30′55″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictShamakhi
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

References

  1. Narine Vlasyan (February 5, 2019). "Shamakhi: A Lost Dialect, a Lost Identity". evnreport.com.
  2. Karapetian, S (1997). "Armenian Lapidary Inscriptions of Boon-Aghvank". Yerevan: Publishing House of the State Academy of Sciences of Armenia “Gitut'yun”: 46. ISBN 5-8080-0144-7. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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