Teyvaz is a village and municipality in the

Julfa District Julfa District ( az, Culfa rayonu) is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Ordubad, Babek, Shahbuz, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia and the East Azerbaijan ...

of Nakhchivan,

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. It is located 57 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, kindergarten and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 350.

Etymology

According to some researchers, the name of the village derives from the words ''taipa'' (wide) and ''az'' (valley) from ancient

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, meaning "the founded settlement in the vast valley located between the big watershed, hills and rivers".''Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijan Toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .

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* Populated places in Julfa District {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub