İlisu is a village and municipality in the
Qakh District
Qakh District ( az, Qax rayonu; ka, კახის რაიონი, K′akhis raioni; Tsakhur: Къахын район) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north of the country and belongs to the Shaki-Zagatala Ec ...
of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
. It has a population of 1,370. It was the capital of the
Elisu Sultanate
The Sultanate of Elisu, also known as Elisou or Ilisu, was a sultanate in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Geography, population and government
Located mostly on the southern slope of the Caucasus Mountains in what is now northwest Azerbaijan, it ex ...
. The postal code is AZ 3417.
Reserve
Ilisu State Nature Reserve was established on February 20, 1987 by decree number 57, with an area of 9345 ha. It is located on the south side of the Greater Caucasus (Gakh), between Zagatala and Ismayilli Reserve, at an altitude of 700-2100 metres. The area was expanded by the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic dated March 31. Now its area is 17381.6 ha.
Picture gallery
Image: İlisu.jpg
Image: Ağçay kürmük.jpg
Image: Bəytabun məhəlləsi.jpg
Image: Qala məhəllə.jpg
Image: Səngər məhəllə.jpg
Image: Tovla tala.jpg
Image: Ulu körpü.jpg
Image: ILiSU Village - iLiSU kendi sekilleri 2 - panoramio.jpg
Image: ILiSU village and Mountains - panoramio.jpg
Reference
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Populated places in Qakh District
Ilisu
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