Xurs (also, Khurs and Khurst) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Ordubad-Nurgut highway, in the north-west from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, beekeeping, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 156.[1]
The researchers believe that this name is a variant of the ethnonym of Gorus. According to the sources, in the 16th century the goruslar, one of the cattle-breeder tribes were part of the tribes of Qizilbash. After been settled a part of them in Shirvan by the Safavid shahs, they have spread to the different zones.[2]
xurs, also, khurs, khurst, village, municipality, ordubad, district, nakhchivan, azerbaijan, located, near, ordubad, nurgut, highway, north, west, from, district, center, population, busy, with, gardening, beekeeping, animal, husbandry, there, secondary, schoo. Xurs also Khurs and Khurst is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan Azerbaijan It is located in the near of the Ordubad Nurgut highway in the north west from the district center Its population is busy with gardening beekeeping animal husbandry There are secondary school club and a medical center in the village It has a population of 156 1 XursMunicipalityXursCoordinates 39 12 18 N 45 54 01 E 39 20500 N 45 90028 E 39 20500 45 90028Country AzerbaijanAutonomous republicNakhchivanDistrictOrdubadPopulation 2005 citation needed Total156Time zoneUTC 4 AZT Etymology editThe researchers believe that this name is a variant of the ethnonym of Gorus According to the sources in the 16th century the goruslar one of the cattle breeder tribes were part of the tribes of Qizilbash After been settled a part of them in Shirvan by the Safavid shahs they have spread to the different zones 2 References edit ANAS Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences 2005 Nakhchivan Encyclopedia Vol I Baku ANAS p 257 ISBN 5 8066 1468 9 Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms In two volumes Volume I p 304 Baku East West 2007 ISBN 978 9952 34 155 3 External links editXurs at GEOnet Names Server nbsp This Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Xurs amp oldid 1068466523, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
