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{{Short description|Village and municipality in Ordubad, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan}}
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|subdivision_name1      =[[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]]
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|subdivision_name2      =[[Ordubad District|Ordubad]]
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|population_total =415
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'''Başkənd''' (also, '''Bashkand''' and '''Bashkend'''; until 2003,<ref name="meclis">{{cite web|url=http://www.meclis.gov.az/?/az/legislation/view/580|website=meclis.gov.az|title=Milli Meclis {{pipe}} Azerbaijani Parliament |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> '''Disar''' and '''Disər''') is a village and municipality in the [[Ordubad District]] of [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]], [[Azerbaijan]]. It is located in the near of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 22&nbsp;km in the north-west from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, vegetable-growing, farming, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 415.<ref name="ANAS">{{cite book| last=ANAS| first=Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences| author-link=Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences| title= Nakhchivan Encyclopedia| publisher= ANAS| location=Baku| year=2005| volume=I| page=78| isbn=5-8066-1468-9}}</ref>
==Etymology==
The name of the '''Başkənd''' (Bashkend) village made out from the components of [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] words of ''baş'' (major, main, great) and ''kənd'' (village, place of residence) means "the center, the main settlement, above, the village at the height". In the [[Armenia]], till 1946 the name of the villages of [[Vernashen]] and [[Gegharkunik (village)|Gegharkunik]], till 1978 the name of the village of [[Artsvashen]] were Başkənd.<ref>''Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijan Toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. {{ISBN|978-9952-34-155-3}}.</ref>
== Monuments ==
There was an Armenian church in the village, [[St. Gevorg Church (Disar)|St. Gevorg Church]], which was destroyed by February 2000.<ref name="adobe">{{Cite book |last=Khatchadourian |first=Lori |url=https://indd.adobe.com/view/2a6c8a55-75b0-4c78-8932-dc798a9012fb |title=Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan |last2=Smith |first2=Adam T. |last3=Ghulyan |first3=Husik |last4=Lindsay |first4=Ian |publisher=Ithaca, NY |year=2022 |publication-place=Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies |pages=108–110 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924101952/https://indd.adobe.com/view/publication/2a6c8a55-75b0-4c78-8932-dc798a9012fb/58x9/publication-web-resources/pdf/CHWNakhichevanReportFull.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[St. Gevorg Church (Disar)]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{GEOnet2|32FA881517863774E0440003BA962ED3|Başkənd (as Disar)}}
{{Ordubad District}}
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