Jil ( hy, Ջիլ) is a village in the
Gegharkunik Province of
Armenia, located near the northern shore of
Lake Sevan. Most of the beach in close proximity to the village remains uninhabited with a strip of forested land that lines the shore.
History
Two kilometers north of the village is the
''Dasht Ler'' Castle (also called the ''Dashti-ler'' fort) from the
1st millennium BC
The 1st millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC (10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy: JD – ). It encompasses the Iron Age in the Old World and sees the transit ...
.
The village was founded in the 12th century. On a German map from 1902 it is mentioned as the main settlement in the area between present-day villages
Shoghakat Shoghakat may also refer to:
* Shoghakat Church, Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armavir Province, Armenia
* Shoghakat Church of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Shoghakat, Armenia, a village on Lake Sevan, Gegharkunik Province, Armenia
* S ...
and
Mets Masrik.
The village was populated by
Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...
before the
exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.
Notable people
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Avaz Alakbarov, Azerbaijani politician and scientist, former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan
*
Khalaf Khalafov
Khalaf Aly oghlu Khalafov () is an Azerbaijani diplomat who is serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Special representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for border and Caspian Sea issues.
...
,
Xələfov Xələf Alı oğlu — Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirinin müavini, Həyatı və fəaliyyəti, Published on 1 April 2017, Retrieved on 23 September 2022
/ref> Azerbaijani diplomat, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
References
External links
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Populated places in Gegharkunik Province
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