Aşağı Əylis
Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aşağı Əylis (also rendered as Ashaghy Aylis, Ashaga Aylis, Ashagy Aylis) or Agulis (Armenian: Ագուլիս) is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near the Ordubad-Yuxarı Aylis highway, 3 km in the east from the district center, on the bank of the Aylis River. Its population is busy with gardening, farming, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1007.[1]
Aşağı Əylis
Ագուլիս Agulis | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°55′11″N 45°59′11″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
District | Ordubad |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 1,007 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
The village was an important settlement of the Vaspurakan province of the Kingdom of Armenia or the Vaspurakan Kingdom, and many Armenian merchants trading along the Silk Road were said to have Agulis as hometown.[2] Some historical Armenian Apostolic Churches that were in the area include St. Stepanos Church, St. Tovma Monastery of Agulis, St. Kristapor Church, St. Shmavon Church, St. Hovhannes-Mkrtich Church, St. Hakob-Hayrapet Church, Mets Astvatsatsin Monastery, St. Nshan (Amarayin) Church, St. Stepanos (St. Yerrordutyun Church).[3] However, the Armenian presence in Nakhchivan was steadily extinguished in the 20th century, and with it the religious and cultural testaments to the historical Armenian presence in Agulis.[3]