Nahajir
human settlement in Azerbaijan
Nahajir (also, Nahadzir, Nahajir and Nəhəcir) is a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 22 km north of the district center, on the foothill area. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are a secondary school, a club, two library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 514. Until 6 January 2015, it belonged to the neighbouring Julfa District.
Etymology
The name is the distorted form of the name of the Persian word نخجیر Nakhjir which means "hunting area". According to those researchers, this meaning is connected to depictions of the wild rams that found in the territory of the village.
Historical and archaeological monuments
Nahajir Fortress
Nahajir Fortress - the fortress of the end of the 2nd millennium BC in the flat area on the southern part of the tall and steep rock of the same named mountain, nearby Nahajir village of Babek rayon. The Fortress was discovered by the Nakhchivan archaeological expedition (2001).
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