Püsyan
human settlement in Azerbaijan
Püsyan is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Azerbaijan international railway and highway, 23 km in the south-east from the district center, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, beet-growing, foddering and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, library and a hospital in the village. It has a population of 3,751.
Etymology
According to researchers, the settlement has been called Püsyan, as a result of the settled by the families belonging to the Pusyan tribe of Kurdish origin. Some researchers says that Püsyan or Pesyan is the ancient name which were given to the area where lived the Turkic-speaking pasianlar in the BC in the upper reaches of the river Araz (mainly in Turkey). In the documents of 1833, there are information about pusyanlylar which were one of the nine tribe communities in the territory of Nakhchivan.
Historical and archaeological monuments
Püsyan
Püsyan - the settlement of the ancient period in the south-east from the same named village of the Sharur region. The area is 3 hectares.
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