Kilvar ( hy, Քիլվար;
Tat: Kilvar) is a village in the
Shabran District
Shabran District ( az, Şabran rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north-east of the country and belongs to the Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khachmaz, Quba, Khizi and ...
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 ...
. The village forms part of the municipality of
Pirəbədil.
In 1908, the population of Kilvar was 599
Tat people.
Kilvar was home to one of the last two
Armeno-Tat
Armeno-Tats ( hy, հայ-թաթեր – ''hay-tater'') are a distinct group of Christian Tat-speaking Armenians that historically populated eastern parts of the South Caucasus, in what constitutes the modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan. Most schola ...
communities in Azerbaijan, with the other one in
Madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
, before the
exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ...
.
Gallery
Inscription of Kilvar church, Shabran, Azerbaijan 01.jpg, Inscription above the doorway of the Armenian church
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Populated places in Shabran District
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