Caucasus
Azerbaijan
Gadabay District

Qalakənd

Qalakənd is a village in the Gadabay Rayon of . The village forms part of the municipality of . The name "Qalakənd" means "castle town", referring to the ruins of the medieval fortress of Parisos located near the village on a bluff overlooking the .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 174 residents
  • Description: village in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Balakend” and “Kalakend”
  • Address: Gədəbəy rayonu

Places of Interest

Highlights include Koroghlu Fortress \ Gedabey.

Photo: Ilkin.Zober, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koroghlu fortress is a fortress located in the village of Gala in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Əlinağılar and Rüstǝm Əliyev.

Village
is a village and municipality in the Gadabay Rayon of . It has a population of 1,320. The municipality consists of the villages of and with which it essentially merges, along with nearby and Qalakənd to form one larger diffuse village.

Village
Miskinli is a village and municipality in the Gadabay Rayon of . It has a population of 2,613.

Hamlet
is a village in the Gadabay Rayon of . The village forms part of the municipality of .

Qalakənd

Latitude
40.48749° or 40° 29′ 15″ north
Longitude
45.7576° or 45° 45′ 27″ east
Population
174
Elevation
1,316 metres (4,318 feet)
Open location code
8HG7FQP5+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5238971129
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
586276
Wiki­data ID
Q4593615
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Qalakənd” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Qalakənd”
  • Chechen: “Галакаьнд”
  • Dutch: “Qalakənd”
  • French: “Qalakənd”
  • Georgian: “ყალაქენდი”
  • German: “Qalakənd”
  • Irish: “Qalakənd”
  • Italian: “Qalakənd”
  • Malay: “Qalakənd”
  • Persian: “قلعه‌کند”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قالا کند”
  • Tatar: “Галакәнд”
  • Uzbek: “Qalakənd”

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Qalakənd”. Photo: Ximonic, CC BY 1.0.