Əsədabad
For the village in Jalilabad Rayon, see Asadabad, Jalilabad.
| Əsədabad | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
  Əsədabad | |
| Coordinates: 38°53′N 48°14′E / 38.883°N 48.233°ECoordinates: 38°53′N 48°14′E / 38.883°N 48.233°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Yardymli |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,137 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
Əsədabad (also, Əsədəbad, Asadabad, and Abas-Abad) is a village and municipality in the Yardymli Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,137. The municipality consists of the villages of Əsədabad and Ünəş.[1]
The population is almost totally made up of ethnic Talish/Talysh—an Iranian-speaking people whose Sunni Islamic religion distinguish them from the surrounding Turkic-speaking Shia Azeris (in all sides but the south) and the similarly Iranian-speaking, but Shia Muslim Gilanis /Gilaks to their south.
References
- ↑ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
