Village
SADAXLI
Marneuli municipality, Kvemo Kartli
Sadaxlı lies where the Debeda (Dəvədöy) and the Bənövşəsu (Çaxrax) meet, at the foot of Mount Sop, 30 km south of Marneuli, at 460 m above sea level. It stands on Georgia’s border with Armenia, beside the railway.
- Rivers
- Confluence of the Debeda and the Bənövşəsu (Çaxrax)
- From Marneuli
- 30 km south
- Altitude
- 460 m
- School
- Founded in 1903
- Population, 2024
- 10,032
Source: Ş. Məmmədli, “Gürcüstan Azərbaycanlıları”, Tbilisi, 2006, pp. 75–77. Population (2024): Geostat, 2024 census.
Nº 01Photographs
Photographs courtesy of Dr. Aygül İsayeva.
Nº 02Timeline
- 18th centuryŞ. Məmmədli records a mosque in the village from the 18th century.
- 1870Population: 1,280 people in 191 families.
- 1885Hacı Bayram and Hacı Hüseynalı built another mosque.
- 1903A secular school was founded.
- 1926Population: 2,033 people in 445 families.
- 1979Population: 6,144.
- 1989Population: 7,180.
- 2000Population: 9,486 people in 2,500 families.
- 2005Secondary school Nº 1, named after Yusif Heydərov, had 821 pupils and 57 teachers; secondary school Nº 2 had 902 pupils and 63 teachers.
- 2024Census: 10,032 people (Geostat).
Notes
- Ş. Məmmədli suggests the name reflects that of the Sodaq tribe, a branch of the ancient Bulgars, or of the Turkic Satak tribe.
Source: Ş. Məmmədli, “Gürcüstan Azərbaycanlıları”, Tbilisi, 2006, pp. 75–77. Population (2024): Geostat, 2024 census.
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