Kilvar

Kilvar (also, Gilvar and Kil’var, Armenian Քիլվար K’ilvar) is a village in the Shabran Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Pirəbədil.[1]

Inscription above the doorway of the Armenian

Kilvar
Kilvar
Coordinates: 41°12′52″N 48°43′13″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonDavachi
MunicipalityZeyvə
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)
Ruins of the Albanian church in Kilvar

In 1908 the population of Kilvar was 599 Tat people[2]. Kilvar was home to one of the last two Armeno-Tat communities in Azerbaijan, until they were expelled in the 1990s.

See also

Mədrəsə

References

  1. ""Bələdiyyələrin statusu haqqında" Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on January 11, 2012.
  2. Кавказский календарь. — Тф., 1910. — 288 с.


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