Qaraxanbəyli (also, Garakhanbayli, Karakhanbeyli and Karakhan-begly) is a village and municipality in the Nakhchivan city of

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ( az, Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası, ), is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republic with a popula ...

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. It is located in the south of the city of Nakhchivan, next to it. The international railway of Azerbaijan used to be passed through the village. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing, animal husbandry, fruit-growing and horticulture. There are secondary school, club, library, cultural center and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 2,397.

Etymology

The settlement was founded by the tribe of ''Qaraxanbəyli'' of Turkic Kengerlis. In the middle of the 18th century, a part of the ''qaraxanbəyli'' tribe has been resettled in the

Karabakh Khanate The Karabakh Khanate was a semi-independent Turkic peoples, Turkic Khanates of the Caucasus, Caucasian khanate on the territories of modern-day Armenia and Azerbaijan established in about 1748 under Safavid dynasty, Iranian suzerainty in Karaba ...

by the

Panah Ali Khan Panah Ali Khan Javanshir (, ; 1693 – 1759 or 1763) was the founder and first ruler of the Karabakh Khanate under Persian suzerainty. Ancestry Panah Ali Khan was from the Sarijali branch of the clan of Javanshir, who with their associate clan o ...

History

Since June 9, 2009, the Garakhanbayli village of Babak region are included in the scope of administrative-territorial unit of Nakhchivan.

Notable natives

Mirasgar Seyidov Mirasgar Mirabdulla oglu Seyidov ( az, Mirəsgər Mirabdulla oğlu Seyidov) (6 February 1970 – 14 June 1992) - National Hero of Azerbaijan was born on February 6, 1970, in the Qaraxanbəyli village of the Nakhchivan city of Nakhchivan Autonom ...

— National Hero of Azerbaijan.

References

* Populated places in Azerbaijan Districts of Azerbaijan Subdivisions of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Populated places in Babek District {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub