Saqiyan

Saqiyan (also, Saghian, in Armenian: Սաղիան) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 544. It is one of the oldest formerly Armenian populated villages of Shamakhi region.

Saqiyan Սաղիան
Municipality
Saqiyan Սաղիան
Coordinates: 40°38′N 48°30′E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonShamakhi
Population
 • Total544
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

The name Saghian was first mentioned in 1636. At the north-western end of the village, the famous and valuable monument of the village, the episcopal monastery of St. Stephen Protomartyr is preserved. The monastery was built in 1660 and for hundreds of years it was the seat of the leader of the Shamakhi diocese.

According to 1914 statistics, the village had a population of 1207 people, all of them Armenians. Until 1970, the village was exclusively inhabited by Armenians. The last Armenians left the village during the 1988 deportation.[1]

Ruins of St. Stephen Protomartyr episcopal monastery
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References
  1. Karapetyan, Samvel (1997). The Armenian Lapidary Inscriptions of Boon Aghvank. Yerevan: AR-AAS. pp. 60–62.


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