Xəlilli, Nakhchivan

Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

Xəlilli

Municipality

Xəlilli

Coordinates: 39°15′34″N 45°26′20″E﻿ / ﻿39.25944°N 45.43889°E﻿ / 39.25944; 45.43889
Country|  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic| Nakhchivan
District| Babek
Population

(2005)[citation needed]

• Total| 630
Time zone| UTC+4 (AZT)

Xəlilli (also, Khalilli and Khalilly) is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the left side of the Ordubad-Nakhchivan highway, 16 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Nakhchivanchay River, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, poultry and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 630.[1]

## Etymology

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The name of the village is related with the name of the Xəlillilər tribe. The Xəlillilər (khalilliler) which was part of the Kayı tribe of Turkic origin, was moved from the Western Turkestan in the thirteenth century, some of them lived in the Shirvan region.[2]

## References

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1. ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 252\. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
2. ^ Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.

* Xəlilli (as Khalilli) at GEOnet Names Server

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Babek District

Capital: Babek

* Araz
* Aşağı Buzqov
* Aşağı Uzunoba
* Bədəşxan
* Cavidabad
* Cəhri
* Çeşməbasar
* Didivar
* Gərməçataq
* Göynük
* Gülşənabad
* Güznüt
* Hacıvar
* Kalbaoruc Dizə
* Kərimbəyli
* Kültəpə
* Məmmədrza Dizə
* Məzrə
* Naxışnərgiz
* Nəcəfəlidizə
* Nəhəcir
* Nehrəm
* Nəzərabad
* Payız
* Qahab
* Qaraqala
* Şəkərabad
* Sirab
* Şıxmahmud
* Vayxır
* Xalxal
* Xəlilli
* Xətai
* Yarımca
* Yuxarı Buzqov
* Yuxarı Uzunoba
* Zeynəddin

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