Dəstə

Dəstə
—  Municipality  —
Dəstə
Coordinates: 38°53′00″N 45°54′40″E / 38.8833333°N 45.91111°E / 38.8833333; 45.91111Coordinates: 38°53′00″N 45°54′40″E / 38.8833333°N 45.91111°E / 38.8833333; 45.91111
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
Rayon	Ordubad
Population[citation needed]
- Total	4,282
Time zone	AZT (UTC+4)
- Summer (DST)	AZT (UTC+5)

Dəstə (also, Dosti, Dasta, Dastak) is a village and the most populous municipality, after the capital Ordubad, in the Ordubad Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,282.

History

During the period of late antiquity, Dəstə, known by the Armenian name of Dasta (Դաստա; also, Dastak, Դաստակ), was an Armenian-populated village in the Kingdom of Armenia and was administratively a part of the province of Vaspurakan's district of Goght'n.^[1] In later centuries, its Armenian population emigrated and settled in nearby settlements, especially Agulis and Shusha.^[1]

In the early twentieth century, it had a population of about 1,500, most of whom were Muslims.^[1] By 1971, its population had risen to 4,500.^[1]

The remains of two partially-destroyed Armenian churches were still preserved at the end of the Soviet period.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} (Armenian) Hakobyan, Tadevos Kh.; Stepan Melik-Bakhshyan; Hovhannes Kh. Barseghyan (1988). Հայաստանի և Հարակից Շրջանների Տեղանունների Բառարան, 2 (Dictionary of the Toponymy of Armenia and its Adjacent Territories, Vol. II.). Yerevan: Yerevan State University Press. p. 38. 

External links

• Dəstə at GEOnet Names Server