Şıxmahmud (also, Şeyxmahmud, Shikhmakhmud, Shykhmakhmud and Sheik-Mahmud) is a village and municipality in the
Babek District
Babek District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Julfa, Shahbuz, Kangarli, Nakhchivan city, as well as the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia and the East Azerb ...
of
Nakhchivan,
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 th ...
.
Geography
It is located near the Nakhchivan-Shahbuz highway, 13 km north from the district center, on the right bank of the
Nakhchivanchay River. Its economy emphasizes agriculture, growing grain, vegetables and animal husbandry.
Facilities
The village hosts a secondary school, music school, library, culture house, kindergarten, two mosques and a medical center.
Demographics
Şıxmahmud has a population of 2,839.
Etymology
The village was named after a nearby sacred place called Shykhmahmud. The
toponym
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...
Shykhmahmud is an altered form of the name of ''Sheikh Mahmud''.
[''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .]
Shikhmahmud Necropolis
Shikhmahmud Necropolis is an archaeological site near the village, dating from the 1st to 3rd centuries. It was discovered by chance on a farm in 1989. Layers of ash, fragments of clay pots, and dark blue glass beads were found in an excavated ravine. Fragments of glass jars were discovered from graves. A skeleton was found in another grave. The collected materials were given to the Nakhchivan State History Museum.
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Populated places in Babek District