Jek people ( also spelt Jeks, Jeklilar ( az, Ceklilər), Jack or Dzhek people) are a
Northeast Caucasian ethnic group in
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 Jeks are one of the numerically small
Shahdag peoples.
[Wixman, Ronald]
''The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook''
New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984. The Jeks are a part of the Shahdag group of
Dagestani people, and inhabit the northeast of the
Azerbaijan Republic
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and
Shahdag plateau of the
Great Caucasus. The historical motherland of the Jeks is the
Jek village of
Quba Rayon
Quba District (; az, Quba 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 Qusar, Qabala, Ismayilli, Sham ...
, and their native language is
Jek language, of the Northeast Caucasian family.
The Jek people are
Sunni Muslims.
Gallery
Ceklilər Cek kəndində, 1880 (kişilər)-Yermakov Dmitriy Ivanovich.jpg, Jek people, 1880
Ceklilər Cek kəndində, 1880 (qadınlar)-Yermakov Dmitriy Ivanovich.jpg, Jek people, 1880Germany
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.
See also
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Jek (Quba)
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Jek language
References
External links
* Tərxan Paşazadə
"Dünyanın nadir etnik qrupu - Azərbaycan cekliləri", Azərbaycan qəzeti
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Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan
Peoples of the Caucasus
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