Ökü

38°54′10″N 48°11′23″E / 38.90278°N 48.18972°E / 38.90278; 48.18972

Ökü
Ökü
Coordinates: 38°54′10″N 48°11′23″E / 38.90278°N 48.18972°E / 38.90278; 48.18972
Country Azerbaijan
RayonYardymli
MunicipalityMamulğan
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Ökü is a village in the Yardymli Rayon of Azerbaijan.[1] The village forms part of the municipality of Mamulğan.[2]

Geography

The village is located near the Vilesh River.[1]

History

The village was part of the Russian Empire. It belonged to the Sebidaj mahal of Shamakhi province, which existed between 1846-1859, until it was renamed - the Baku province.[3]

Oku was part of the Lankaran district of Baku province.[1][4][5] In the 1880s, Oku, as well as "Auri", "Govran", "Yukhari Jarambal" with its village, "Pirembel (Khalfalar)" with its village and "Shilavanga" with its villages belonged to the Shilavanga rural community.[4] Oku was part of this community at the beginning of the 20th century.[5]

Population

19th century

According to the "Caucasian Calendar" of 1856, "Oku" of the Sebidaj mahal was inhabited by "Tatars"-Shiites (Azerbaijanis-Shiites), who spoke "Tatar" (Azerbaijani) among themselves.[3]

According to the lists of populated areas of Baku province of 1870, compiled on the basis of information from the office description of the province between 1859-1864, there were 14 households and 152 residents (78 men and 74 women), who were "Tatars"-Shiites (Azerbaijanis-Shiites).[1] According to the data of 1873, published in the “Collection of Information about the Caucasus” edited by N. K. Seidlitz in 1879, the village already had 21 households and 195 residents (103 men and 92 women), also consisting of “Tatars”-Shiites (Azerbaijani-Shiites).[6]

From the materials extracted of the family lists of 1886, it is clear that all 217 residents of Oku (128 men and 89 women; 27 dym) were “Tatars” (Azerbaijanis) and Shiites by religion.[4]

20th century

In the next "Caucasian Calendar" of 1910 is mentioned that in the village of Oku with a small settlement, related to the Zuvand site of the Lankaran district, in 1908 there were 268 residents.[7]

According to the data of the List of populated places related to Baku province and published by the Baku Provincial Statistical Committee in 1911, there were 266 residents in the village (150 men and 116 women; 32 dym), who were Shiites by religion.[5] The "Caucasian Calendar" of 1912 also shows 266 residents in the village, listed as "Tatars" (Azerbaijanis).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Список населённых мест Бакинской губернии". Списки населенных мест Российской империи. По Кавказскому краю. Бакинская губерния. Vol. LXV. Тифлис. 1870. p. 45.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Кавказский календарь на 1856 год. Тифлис. 1855. p. 474.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b c Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлечённых из посемейных списков 1886 г. Тифлис. 1893.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b c Сборник сведений по Бакинской губернии. Вып. 1. Список населённых мест, количество земли и податное обложение поселян. Баку: Типография губернского правления. 1911. pp. 118–119.
  6. ^ Под ред. Н. Зейдлица, ed. (1879). Сборник сведений о Кавказе. Vol. 5. Тифлис: Типография Главного Управления Наместника Кавказского.
  7. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1910 год. Часть 1. Тифлис. p. 339.
  8. ^ Кавказский календарь на 1912 год. Отдел статистический. Тифлис. p. 192.