Yengicə

Yengicə (also, Yengidzha, Yengija and Yenidzha) is a village and municipality in the Sharur Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 2 km south-west from the district center, on the Sharur plain. Its population is busy with gardening and farming. There are secondary school, music school, cultural house, kindergarten, flour mill, two mosques and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 3,840. The monument was erected in honor of its compatriots who died in The Great Patriotic War. And also there is a bust of National Hero of Azerbaijan Sayavush Hasanov which was born in this village.[1]

For the village in Qabala Rayon, see Yengica, Qabala; for other places with the same name, see Yengidzha.
Yengicə
Municipality
Yengicə
Coordinates: 39°32′29″N 44°55′04″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
RayonSharur
Population
 (2005)
 • Total3,840
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Etymology

Yengicə (Yengija) is the phonetic form of the name of the Yenicə (Yenija). The villages called Yenicə and Yengicə were created on the result of the building new point of residence by the population which (mostly due to deficiency of the soil) moved out from the main village. The name means "the new village".[2]

Notable natives

References
  1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 355. 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.
  3. "Hasanov Sayavush Hasan oglu". milliqahraman.az.


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