Mədrəsə (; hy, Մատրասա, Matrasa;
Tat:''Mədrəsə'') is a village and municipality in the
Shamakhi District
Shamakhi District ( az, Şamaxı rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Quba, Khizi, Gobustan, ...
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 ...
. This village had a generally homogeneous
Armenian population in 1918 and maintained a significant Armenian presence up until the forced exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan in 1988.
It has a population of 2,597.
Madrasa 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, until they were expelled in the 1990s.
It is the origin of the
Madrasa grape, which is still cultivated locally and internationally for winemaking.
See also
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Kilvar
References
External links
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Populated places in Shamakhi District
Baku Governorate
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