Qaraçuq
| Qaraçuq | |
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| Municipality | |
 Qaraçuq
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| Coordinates: 39°10′N 45°21′E / 39.167°N 45.350°ECoordinates: 39°10′N 45°21′E / 39.167°N 45.350°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Autonomous republic | Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 2,701 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
Qaraçuq (also, Garachug, Garachyg, Garachukh, and Karachukh) is a village and municipality in the Nakhchivan city of Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located 3 km in the south from the city center, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, horticulture, vegetable-growing, fruit-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, cultural house and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 2,701.
The name of the Qaraçuq (Garachug) village mentions in the epic of "The Book of Dede Korkut" (VII century). The protagonist of the epic, Qazan Khan is called the "tiger of the Garachug". The Garachukha expression is used by the population of mountain and foothill regions of Azerbaijan. Garachukha is the prototype of the Garachug shepherd who name mentioned in the "The Book of Dede Korkut".
Based on the Soviet-Iranian treaty (1963), in connection of construction of the Araz Water Reservoir, its population was moved to the new territory. In 1969, during the investigations of the "Araz" archaeological and ethnographic expedition of Archeology and Ethnography Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, in the Xarabaşəhər and Muncuqtəpə settlements of the Middle Ages, near the Garachug were found the rich artifacts of the cultural materials. The name of the Garachug mentioned in the epic of "The Book of Dede Korkut".
Since June 9, 2009, by the decree of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Garachug village of the Babek Rayon is included in the scope of the administrative territorial unit of Nakhchivan city.
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