Mərcimək
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Mərcimək () is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The name translates to "Lentil" because lentils were grown there. A local legend claims that two people made a bet that plants could not be grown in that village. The other told the person to plant lentils, and the plant thrived.
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- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.official_name
- Mərcimək
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Rayon
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kalbajar
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +5
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1599
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Kalbajar District
- Elevation
- 1599
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
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Mərcimək () is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The name translates to "Lentil" because lentils were grown there. A local legend claims that two people made a bet that plants could not be grown in that village. The other told the person to plant lentils, and the plant thrived.
== History == In 1993, Mərcimək was occupied by the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, and was liberatied by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in 2020.
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