Yardimli ( az, Yardımlı) is a city in and the capital of the

Yardimli District Yardimli District ( az, Yardımlı rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-east of the country and belongs to the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Jalilabad, Masally, L ...

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 ...

. It is in the

Talysh Mountains Talysh Mountains ( tly, Tolışə Bandon, script=Latn, fa, کوه‌های تالش, Kuhhâye Tâleš; az, Talış dağları) is a mountain range in far southeastern Azerbaijan and far northwestern Iran within Ardabil Province and Gilan Provin ...

, a northwestern subrange of the Alborz (''Elburz'') mountain range, about 286 km to the south from Baku and 76 km to the south-west from

Masallı Masallı () is a city in and the capital of the Masally District of Azerbaijan. History Masally city was established in 1960. The name of the city comes from the name of a tribe – “Masal” that lived in the territory of Masally in ancient ...

History

During the Soviet times, it had a status of a township. At those times, a carpet-weaving factory, which doesn't work at present, functioned in Yardimli. There are a museum, mosque and military memorial in the city.

Etymology

They explain the toponym in different ways. According to a possibility, it was created from the word "Yardam". The people are explained as part of the Ulus. They say the root of the name "Ardabil" is "Yard." According to the second assumption, "Ertim" was caused. Historian G.Gullayev closes this toponym in the name of the Pecheneg tribes. "Ertim" is the name of one of the Pecheneg tribes. It is interpreted in ancient Turkish, melting, knight. In 1924, Archaeologist I.Azimbeyov explained the toponym in the meaning of "helpers" in Turkish. According to people, a noble person named "Əli" came here and helped people living in the In mountainous conditions. He straightened a lot of water mills. And this place was called "Yardım Əli".

Demographics

According to ''Caucasian Calendar'' of 1915, 145 people, mainly the Azerbaijanis shown in the calendar as Tatars, lived in Yardimli village of

Lankaran Lankaran ( az, Lənkəran, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a dis ...

Uyezd of Baku Governorate in 1914. According to a census of 1979, 3114 people and according to a census of 1989, 3438 people lived in Yardimli. According to a census of 2010, the city's population consists of 6700 people.

References

Populated places in Yardimli District Settled areas of Elburz {{Yardymli-geo-stub