Jek (Quba)
41°11′49″N 48°14′30″E / 41.19694°N 48.24167°E
Cek | |
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Coordinates: 41°11′49″N 48°14′30″E / 41.19694°N 48.24167°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Rayon | Quba |
Municipality | Əlik |
Time zone | UTC+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.
See also
References
- ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
- ^ Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. New York: M.E. Sharpe and London, Macmillan. 1984.
Sources
- Jek (Quba) at GEOnet Names Server
- Cek, Azerbaijan
- Tərxan Paşazadə, "Dünyanın nadir etnik qrupu - Azərbaycan cekliləri", Azərbaycan qəzeti