Gal, Azerbaijan

For the village in Qubadli Rayon, see Hal, Azerbaijan.
Gal
—  Municipality  —
Gal
Coordinates:
Country  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic Nakhchivan
Rayon Julfa
Population
 • Total 128
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Gal (also, Qal, Gyal, Gagh) is a village and the least populous municipality in the Julfa Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 128. The village had a large, 19th century, Armenian church that was standing derelict in the 1980s [1] but which is now destroyed.[2]

References

  1. ^ Argam Aivazian, Nakhijevan: Book of Monuments, Yerevan, 1990 p178-179.
  2. ^ Switzerland-Armenia Parliamentary Group (ed.) "The destruction of Jugha", Bern, 2006. p75.
Capital: Julfa