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Jek (Quba)

41°11′49″N 48°14′30″E / 41.19694°N 48.24167°E / 41.19694; 48.24167

Cek
Cek is located in Azerbaijan
Cek
Cek
Coordinates: 41°11′49″N 48°14′30″E / 41.19694°N 48.24167°E / 41.19694; 48.24167
Country Azerbaijan
RayonQuba
MunicipalityƏlik
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Cek (also, Jek, Dzheg and Dzhek) is a village in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Əlik. They live, primarily, in the region around Mount Shahdag in Quba Rayon in northeastern Azerbaidzhan.

Population

In 1886 their population was estimated at 7,767.

In 1926 their population was estimated at 607. Although only 607 individuals claimed Dzhek ethnicity, 4,348 listed Dzhek as their native language. These were probably Dzheks who listed themselves as Azerbaidzhans speaking Dzhek as their native language.

Although the village used to have a large population, it is now almost empty and becoming more deserted each year.

Panorama, 2016
Panorama, 2016

See also

References

  1. ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  2. ^ Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984.

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