Yuxarı Yayci
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Yuxarı Yayci (also, Yuxarı Yaycı, Yuxarı Yəyci, Yaydzhi, and Yukhary-Yaydzhi) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District 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]
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
- Yuxarı Yayci (as Yuxarı Yəyci) at GEOnet Names Server
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- Alışar
- Arbatan
- Arpaçay
- Aşağı Aralıq
- Aşağı Daşarx
- Aşağı Yayci
- Axaməd
- Axura
- Babəki
- Cəlilkənd
- Çəmənli
- Çərçiboğan
- Çomaxtur
- Danyeri
- Dəmirçi
- Dərəkənd
- Dərvişlər
- Diyadin
- Dizə
- Düdəngə
- Əlikli
- Ərəbyengicə
- Gümüşlü
- Günnüt
- Havuş
- Həmzəli
- İbadulla
- Kərimbəyli
- Kosacan
- Kürçülü
- Kürkənd
- Mahmudkənd
- Maxta
- Məmmədsabir
- Muğancıq Mehrab
- Muğancıq Müslüm
- Muğanlı
- Oğlanqala
- Oğuzkənd
- Püsyan
- Qaraburc
- Qarahəsənli
- Qarxun
- Qışlaqabbas
- Qorçulu
- Şahbulaq
- Şəhriyar
- Sərxanlı
- Siyaqut
- Stansiya Daşarx
- Tənənəm
- Təzəkənd
- Təzəkənd
- Tumaslı
- Vayxır
- Vərməziyar
- Xanlıqlar
- Xələc
- Xətai
- Yengicə
- Yeni Havuş
- Yuxarı Aralıq
- Yuxarı Daşarx
- Yuxarı Yayci
- Zeyvə
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YUXARI YAYCI ŞERUR RAYONUNUN BIR KENDIDIR ERMENISTANLA SERHED QONŞUDUR.
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