Mədrəsə

Mədrəsə
Մատրասա • Matrasa
Municipality
Mədrəsə
Coordinates: 40°36′53″N 48°33′51″E / 40.61472°N 48.56417°E / 40.61472; 48.56417
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictShamakhi
Population
 (2008)
 • Total
2,597
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Mədrəsə (Madrasa; Armenian: Մատրասա, romanized: Matrasa) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. This village had a generally homogeneous Armenian population in 1918 and maintained a significant Armenian presence up until the forced exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan in 1988. It has a population of 2,597.

Madrasa was home to one of the last two Armeno-Tat communities in Azerbaijan, until they were expelled in the 1990s.

It is the origin of the Madrasa grape, which is still cultivated locally and internationally for winemaking.

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