Şəfəq, Goranboy
village in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan
Şəfəq (Shafag); The former name of the village was Mollavaladli. The settlement was built by families belonging to the mollavaladli (mollaushagi) generation. In 1930, the name of the village was changed and officially called Shafaq. Oykonim reflects faith in "bright" life, future.
The village is located at the foot of the Murovdag mountain range (Lesser Caucasus), at an altitude of 678 meters above sea level.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Şəfəq, Goranboy” as village in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4655272. Authority coordinates are 40.453, 46.647. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1930.
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