Dəstə

Dəstə
Municipality
Dəstə
Coordinates: 38°53′00″N 45°54′40″E / 38.88333°N 45.91111°E / 38.88333; 45.91111Coordinates: 38°53′00″N 45°54′40″E / 38.88333°N 45.91111°E / 38.88333; 45.91111
Country  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic Nakhchivan
Rayon Ordubad
Population
  Total 4,282
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Dəstə (also, Dosti, Dasta, Dastak) is a village and the most populous municipality, after the capital Ordubad, in the Ordubad Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,282.

History

During the period of late antiquity, Dəstə, known by the Armenian name of Dasta (Դաստա; also, Dastak, Դաստակ), was an Armenian-populated village in the Kingdom of Armenia and was administratively a part of the province of Vaspurakan's district of Goght'n.[1] In later centuries, its Armenian population emigrated and settled in nearby settlements, especially Agulis and Shusha.[1]

In the early twentieth century, it had a population of about 1,500, most of whom were Muslims.[1] By 1971, its population had risen to 4,500.[1]

The remains of two partially destroyed Armenian churches were still preserved at the end of the Soviet period.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hakobyan, Tadevos Kh.; Stepan Melik-Bakhshyan; Hovhannes Kh Barseghyan (1988). Հայաստանի և Հարակից Շրջանների Տեղանունների Բառարան, 2 (Dictionary of the Toponymy of Armenia and its Adjacent Territories, Vol. II.) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Yerevan State University Press. p. 38.

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