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Aşağı Küngüt

Coordinates: 41°03′51″N 47°15′02″E / 41.06417°N 47.25056°E / 41.06417; 47.25056
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Aşağı Küngüt
Municipality
Aşağı Küngüt is located in Azerbaijan
Aşağı Küngüt
Aşağı Küngüt
Aşağı Küngüt is located in Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region
Aşağı Küngüt
Aşağı Küngüt
Coordinates: 41°03′51″N 47°15′02″E / 41.06417°N 47.25056°E / 41.06417; 47.25056
Country Azerbaijan
RayonShaki
Population
 • Total
1,298
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Aşağı Küngüt (also, Ashaga-Kyungyut and Ashagy-Kyungyut) is a village and municipality in the Shaki district of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,298.

The etymology of the name Küngüt in the name of the village comes from the name of the country Kang (Kangar), with a Sogdian plural suffix -t, expressed in the ancient Chinese annals as Guniue.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Yu. Zuev, "Early Türks: Essays on history and ideology", p. 148, with reference to M.Kashgari "Divan-i Lughat-it-Turk", Vol. 1, p. 159; Vol. 3, p. 149, Tashkent, 1964
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  • Aşağı Küngüt at GEOnet Names Server
  • Zuev Yu.A., "Early Türks: Essays on history and ideology", Almaty, Daik-Press, 2002, ISBN 9985-4-4152-9 (In Russian)