Yeni Kərki

Yeni Kərki (also, New Karki, Karki and Kerki) is a village and the least populous municipality in the Kangarli District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

Yeni Kərki
Municipality
Yeni Kərki
Coordinates: 39°18′36″N 45°13′18″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictKangarli
Population
 (2005)
 • Total380
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

It is located near to the Nakhchivan-Sharur highway, 14 km in the north-east from the district center. Its population is mainly busy with animal husbandry. There is a secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 380.[1]

History

Yeni Kərki (New Karki) was founded by refugees from the village of Karki in the Sadarak District.

Karki was seized by Armenia on 19 January 1990, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2][3][4][1]

Etymology

Oykonim is related with the name of the Karki tribe. In the sources indicated that the Karki tribes came to Azerbaijan in the composition of the Turkic Kipchaks in the early Middle Ages. There is information about the existing tribe of the kərkibaşlı (karki-bashly) which was the one of the arms of the qazakhly tribe in the beginning of the 19th century. One of the arms of the Ersari tribe of Turkmens was called Karki. Karki tribes were registered on the territories of Uzbekistan and Turkey. In the territory of Turkmenistan are a city, district, settlement and Kərkidag mountain also named Karki.[5]

References
  1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 356. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9. |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
  3. Kərkinin taleyi
  4. Sadarak District Court
  5. 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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