Katex
Katex (Katekh; Катихъ) is a village at the foot of the Caucasian Mountains and the second most populous municipality in the Balakan District of Azerbaijan. The village (called Katekhi (კატეხი) in Georgian) and its Katekhi Church are mentioned by Catholicos of Georgia Melchizedek in 1020. The village for short period in 1918-1921 was the part of the Georgian Democratic Republic.
Zagatala State Reserve at the north of the village is a popular tourist destination, and has the picturesque waterfall Katekh, a local favourite spot.
Street Geybulla (in local dialect Gayvaly) is a 17th-century mosque, which served as a warehouse in Soviet times for storing various agricultural products such as tobacco leaves and grain.
Katekh also is a home to Sofu Baba Pir, a sacred destination situated at the entrance to the village, which is said to be a burial place of a Sufi sheikh. The local population still practices modified zikr (dhikr) of Naqshbandi order during local and family festivities.
The village has a population of 7,432. The municipality consists of the villages of Katekh and Beretbina.
Zagatala State Reserve at the north of the village is a popular tourist destination, and has the picturesque waterfall Katekh, a local favourite spot.
Street Geybulla (in local dialect Gayvaly) is a 17th-century mosque, which served as a warehouse in Soviet times for storing various agricultural products such as tobacco leaves and grain.
Katekh also is a home to Sofu Baba Pir, a sacred destination situated at the entrance to the village, which is said to be a burial place of a Sufi sheikh. The local population still practices modified zikr (dhikr) of Naqshbandi order during local and family festivities.
The village has a population of 7,432. The municipality consists of the villages of Katekh and Beretbina.
Map - Katex
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Country - Azerbaijan
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The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The region and seven surrounding districts are internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan pending a solution to the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh through negotiations facilitated by the OSCE, although became de facto independent with the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994. Following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020, the seven districts and parts of Nagorno-Karabakh were returned to Azerbaijani control.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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AZN | Azerbaijani manat | ₼ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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HY | Armenian language |
AZ | Azerbaijani language |
RU | Russian language |