Məlhəm (also, Mel’gam and Mel’kham) is a village and municipality in the

Shamakhi Rayon Shamakhi District () 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, Hajigabul, Agsu, and ...

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. It has a population of 1,378.

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was born in this village. Part of the village residents are Tats and they speak the Tat language, which belongs to the Iranian language group. Due to the economic difficulties that arose after the collapse of the

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, a large number of rural residents migrated, especially to

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. The population of the village is 1347, of which 687 are men and 660 are women.

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Notable residents

Populated places in Shamakhi District {{Shamakhi-geo-stub