Yuxarı Yayci

Yuxarı Yayci (also, Yuxarı Yaycı, Yuxarı Yəyci, Yaydzhi, and Yukhary-Yaydzhi) is a village and municipality in the Sharur Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 20 km in the north-east from the district center, on the bank of the Arpachay River, on the slope of the Daralayaz ridge. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 927.[1]

Yuxarı Yayci
Municipality
Yuxarı Yayci
Coordinates: 39°37′26″N 45°07′32″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
RayonSharur
Population
 (2005)
 • Total927
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Etymology

Its previous name was Yaycı. In the 1920s, the other village which had come from it was named Aşağı Yayci (Lower Yaydzhi), and old village was named Yuxarı Yaycı (Upper Yaydzhi). The first component of the name is reflects the geographical position of the village, and second component is reflects the name of the ancient Turkic tribe of yayci which is origin of Turkic Oghuz tribes.[2]

References
  1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 358. 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.

YUXARI YAYCI ŞERUR RAYONUNUN BIR KENDIDIR ERMENISTANLA SERHED QONŞUDUR.


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