Sədərək
| Sədərək | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 Sədərək
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| Coordinates: 39°43′03″N 44°52′35″E / 39.71750°N 44.87639°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Sadarak |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 7,260 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
Coordinates: 39°43′03″N 44°52′35″E / 39.71750°N 44.87639°E
Sədərək (also, Sadarak and Sederek) is a village and the most populous municipality in the Sadarak Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located to the north-east of the district center, on the Sadarak plain. Its population is engaged in grain-growing, vine-growing and animal husbandry. There are wine processing plants, a branch of the garment factory of Nakhchivan, two secondary schools, a primary school, kindergartens, technical creativity center, cultural house, club, library, children's music school, hospital, sanitary-epidemiological station, television transmitter and three mosques in the village. It has a population of 7,260.
There are different theories about the origin of the village name. According to some researchers, the word Sədərək (Sederek) was formed from the combination of the Persian words of "se dərə" (three valleys), or "sed rəng" (hundreds of colours). According to folk etymology, "Sederek" means "sel gerek" (flood-prone). Some researchers, believe that the "Səgrək" name which is mentioned in the epic The Book of Dede Korkut was transformed to "Sederek" as a place name. But, according to recent studies, the name of the "Sederek" comes from the Arabic word Sədər (camp) with an additional suffix of -ək. It is assumed that the village were founded in the former military camp area.
Sederek cave, burial monuments of the Bronze Age, the ruins of the cyclopes building named "Div hörən" (Built by Giant) allows to assume that this area is the ancient human settlement. The researchers, confirmed that the average flow banks of the Araz River including Sederek plain, at different times was part of the large state associations of Van, Medes, Assyrian kingdoms. In early Middle Ages, area have been under the sphere of influence of Sasanian Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Arab caliphate, and later the states of Atabegs, Kara Koyunlu and Ag Qoyunlu. In the period of Safavid, Sederek was part of Chukhursad province along with the present territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
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