- See also Oghuz Turks.
Oghuz (Azerbaijani: Oğuz) is a rayon (administrative division, equivalent of English county) of Azerbaijan. The population of the region consisted of Azerbaijanis.
Following the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of late 1980s, the Azerbaijanis expelled the Armenians from Oguz (then called Vartashen) as part of forceful population exchange between the two countries and changed the name to Oguz.[1]
The capital, also renamed Oğuz, maintains three old castles, a lot of old mosques,some archaeological monuments and two attractive old Caucasus Albanian churches (one now a museum) and two active synagogues.
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References
- ^ Mountain Jews: Customs and Daily Life in the Caucasus by Liya Mikdash-Shamailov, Muzeon Yisrael. pp. 67
Coordinates: 41°04′15″N 47°27′30″E / 41.070833°N 47.458333°E
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