Baş Küngüt
Baş Küngüt | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Baş Küngüt  Baş Küngüt | |
| Coordinates: 41°10′13″N 47°19′56″E / 41.17028°N 47.33222°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Shaki |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,381 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Baş Küngüt (also, Bash-Kyungyut) is a village and municipality in the Shaki district of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,381.
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
[edit]- Baş 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)
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