Güznüt | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Güznüt | |
| Coordinates:39°07′39″N45°31′54″E / 39.12750°N 45.53167°E /39.12750; 45.53167 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| District | Babek |
| Population (2005)[citation needed] | |
• Total | 1,563 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Güznüt is a village and municipality in theBabek District of theNakhchivan Autonomous Republic inAzerbaijan. The village is located on a plain 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the city ofNakhchivan, on the left side of the Nakhchivan-Julfa highway. The local economy is mainly based on grain-growing and animal husbandry. There is a secondary school, club, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,563.[1] The village had anArmenian majority prior to theMuslim uprisings in Kars and Sharur–Nakhichevan.
In the Nakhchivan dialect of Armenian,Kznut means "plum place". The village was named because of the autumn sowing which is carried out in this area.[2]
There were several ancient churches in the village, an Armenian cemetery with medieval khachkars, but after theArmenian-Azerbaijani war in 1918-1920, the village was cleansed of its Armenian population, and these monuments were subsequently destroyed.[3] A mosque was built in the village in 1986–1992.
