Kərimbəyli (also, Karimbayli, known as Leninabad until 1999) is a village and municipality in the

Babek District Babek District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Julfa, Shahbuz, Kangarli, Nakhchivan city, as well as the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia and the East Azer ...

of Nakhchivan,

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. It is located 11 km in the north-east from the district center, on the left bank of the Nakhchivanchay River, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, vegetable-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, music school, culture house, club, mosque and a hospital in the village. It has a population of 1,495.

Etymology

The settlements were founded as result of settling the karimbayli tribe who was the part of the tribal unity of the ''gazakhli'' tribes. ''Karimbayli'' tribe has moved to Karabakh from Gazakh district, and later laid the foundation a number of settlements in the regions, including in the Nakhchivan region.''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .

References

Populated places in Babek District {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub