Bənəniyar

Bananiyar (Azerbaijani: Bənəniyar) or Aparanner (Armenian: Ապարաններ) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 25 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Syunik ridge.

Bənəniyar
Municipality
Bənəniyar is located in Azerbaijan
Bənəniyar
Bənəniyar
Coordinates: 39°08′47″N 45°39′05″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictJulfa
Elevation
1,120 m (3,670 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total3,253
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

The main economic activities of its population are viticulture, grain-growing and animal husbandry. It has a population of 3,253. There is a secondary school, cultural house, library, communication branch, and a medical center in the village. There is a medieval cemetery near the village.[1] In the southern part of the village, there is a mosque.

Etymology

The name of the village consists of the Turkic words bənən (meaning glade on the slope of the mountain) and yar (meaning ravine or valley). The name of the village can thus be interpreted as meaning "ravine on the neck of the mountain, the hollow place at the mountain pass". The geographical location of the village is suitable for this meaning.[2] The historical Armenian name of the settlement, Aparanner/Aparank/Aparan, means palace(s).

Bananiyar Cemetery

Bananiyar Cemetery - the medieval monument near the same-named village of the Julfa region, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River. It was registered in 1976. The necropolis consists of the soil graves in rectangular form, oriented from the west toward the east. In its area were found the gravestones in ram form of the Middle Ages made from red tuff; there are written articles in Arabic language on its top part. The cemetery belongs to the 13th–14th centuries BC.[1]

See also

References
  1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 86. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  2. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.


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