Xok
Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
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Xok (also, Khok) is a village and municipality in the Kangarli District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Nakhchivan-Sharur highway, 6 km in the north-east from the district center, on the Sharur plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, fodder and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 5234 (2009) .[1]
AzerbaijanXok | |
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Municipality | |
  Xok | |
| Coordinates: 39°22′25″N 45°10′18″E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| District | Kangarli |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,234 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Etymology
It is one of the earliest settlements of the Azerbaijani people. According to some researchers, the oykonim is related with the Turkic word of xok (khok) // xak (khak) which is used in meaning of the "meadow, pasture". Also could be assumed that the name originated from the Iranian word of the xak (land).[2]
