Qımır (also, Kymyr) is a village in the Zaqatala Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Çobankol.[1]
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Coordinates: 41°31′45″N 46°40′30″E | |
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Rayon | Zaqatala |
Municipality | Çobankol |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Qımır is one of the villages in the Caucasus where the Cimmerians (Gmry) are believed to have settled during the I millenium BC.[2] Cimmerians were nomads who were successful in attacking Urartu and conquering Lydia in Anatolia. According to Herodotus, Cimmerians (Qımıroi) have fled through Caucasus to Anatolia.[3] Possible that a small group of nomadic Cimmerians, has settled in the Caucasus and the Village name of Qımır is an ethnotoponym.
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Capital: Zagatala | ||
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