Böyük Qaramurad

Böyük Qaramurad
Böyük Qaramurad
Municipality
	Böyük Qaramurad
	Coordinates: 40°34′51″N 45°39′49″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Gadabay
Population
• Total	2,684
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

Böyük Qaramurad (also, Bëyuk-Karamurad) is a village and municipality in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,684. The municipality consists of the villages of Böyük Qaramurad, Ataxal, Qurudərə, and Toplar.[1]

History

According to local folk tales, Qaramurad was a Turkic prince who ruled the region.

During Shah Abbas I, some Christian families were forced to move to Iran. Some of them refused this migration and sought asylum in regions under Georgian princes. In total four Christian temples were built, only one of them, Böyük Qaramurad Monastery is in good conditions today.

After the Turkmenchay Treaty some Armenian families settled in the region.

According to local records, at the end of XIX and the beginning of the XX all population was Azerbaijani.

References

"Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.

Böyük Qaramurad at GEOnet Names Server

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[1] "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.