Shekher
Shekher is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Şexer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Azykh Cave and Azykh.
Azykh Cave
Cave
Azykh Cave, also referred to as Azokh Cave, is a six-cave complex in Azerbaijan, known as a habitation site of prehistoric humans. It is situated near the village of Azykh in the Khojavend District. Azykh Cave is situated 3½ km south of Shekher.
Azykh
Residential area
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Azykh or Azokh is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is situated on the river of Ishkhanchay or Ishkhanaget, near the Azykh Cave. Azykh is situated 3½ km south of Shekher.
Salaketin
Residential area
Salakətin is a village situated in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, it is the centre of the Salakatin rural administrative-territorial county. Salaketin is situated 3 km southeast of Shekher.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zoğalbulaq and Böyük Tağlar.
Zoğalbulaq
Village
Photo: Ліонкінг, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zoghalbulag or Drakhtik is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. Zoğalbulaq is situated 3 km southeast of Shekher.
Böyük Tağlar
Village
Photo: Vahag851, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mets Taghlar, Mets Tagher or Boyuk Taghlar is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. Böyük Tağlar is situated 3½ km southwest of Shekher.
Karmir Shuka
Town
Karmir Shuka or Girmizi Bazar is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Karmir Shuka is situated 4 km northwest of Shekher.
Shekher
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Khojavend District, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.64931° or 39° 38′ 58″ northLongitude
46.97826° or 46° 58′ 42″ eastElevation
764 metres (2,507 feet)Open location code
8HF8JXXH+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 8011090031OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Shekher” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Շեխեր”
- Azerbaijani: “Şexer”
- Azerbaijani: “Şəkər”
- Belarusian: “Шэхер”
- Cebuano: “Shekher”
- Chechen: “Шехер”
- Dutch: “Şəkər”
- French: “Shekher”
- Irish: “Şexer”
- Italian: “Shekher”
- Malay: “Şəkər, Khojavend”
- Persian: “شخر”
- Russian: “Шехер”
- South Azerbaijani: “شکر (خوجاوند)”
- South Azerbaijani: “شکر”
- Swedish: “Shekher”
- Tatar: “Шехер”
- Ukrainian: “Шехер”
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