Yardımlı

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'''Yardimli''' ({{langx|az|Yardımlı}}) is a city in and the capital of the Yardimli District of Azerbaijan. It is in the Talysh Mountains, a northwestern subrange of the Alborz (''Elburz'') mountain range, about 286 km to the south of Baku and 76 km to the south-west of Masallı.

== History == During Soviet times, it had the status of a township. At those times, a carpet-weaving factory, which is no longer operational, functioned in Yardimli. There is a museum, a mosque and a military memorial in the city.

== Etymology == They explain the toponym in different ways. According to a possibility, it was created from the word "Yardam". The people are explained as part of the Ulus. They say the root of the name "Ardabil" is "Yard." According to the second assumption, "Ertim" was caused. Historian G.Gullayev closes this toponym in the name of the Pecheneg tribes. "Ertim" is the name of one of the Pecheneg tribes. It is interpreted in ancient Turkish, melting, knight. In 1924, Archaeologist I.Azimbeyov explained the toponym in the meaning of "helpers" in Turkish. According to people, a noble person named "Əli" came here and helped people living in the In mountainous conditions. He straightened a lot of water mills. And this place was called "Yardım Əli".<ref name="discoverazerbaijan.az">{{Cite web|title=Discovery Azerbaijan - Yardımlı|url=http://discoverazerbaijan.az/yardimli/|access-date=2013-04-06|archive-date=2013-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427104036/http://discoverazerbaijan.az/yardimli/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Climate== {{Weather box | width = 100% | collapsed = yes | open = | metric first = yes | single line = yes | trace = | location = Yardimli (1971-1990) | temperature colour = | Jan high C = | Feb high C = | Mar high C = | Apr high C = | May high C = | Jun high C = | Jul high C = | Aug high C = | Sep high C = | Oct high C = | Nov high C = | Dec high C = | year high C = | Jan mean C =1.7 | Feb mean C =1.8 | Mar mean C =4.4 | Apr mean C =10.3 | May mean C =14.4 | Jun mean C =17.6 | Jul mean C =21.7 | Aug mean C =20.5 | Sep mean C =16.9 | Oct mean C =11.8 | Nov mean C =7.7 | Dec mean C =3.8 | year mean C = | Jan low C =-2.0 | Feb low C =-1.5 | Mar low C =1.5 | Apr low C =7.2 | May low C =10.6 | Jun low C =14.7 | Jul low C =17.0 | Aug low C =16.4 | Sep low C =14.1 | Oct low C =8.4 | Nov low C =4.4 | Dec low C =1.0 | year low C = | Jan precipitation mm =43 | Feb precipitation mm =40 | Mar precipitation mm =49 | Apr precipitation mm =42 | May precipitation mm =58 | Jun precipitation mm =36 | Jul precipitation mm =18 | Aug precipitation mm =47 | Sep precipitation mm =63 | Oct precipitation mm =97 | Nov precipitation mm =72 | Dec precipitation mm =41 | year precipitation mm = | Jan rain days =7 | Feb rain days =7 | Mar rain days =9 | Apr rain days =8 | May rain days =10 | Jun rain days =5 | Jul rain days =4 | Aug rain days =5 | Sep rain days =8 | Oct rain days =10 | Nov rain days =9 | Dec rain days =7 | year rain days = |source = NCEI<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-VI/AJ/37981.TXT |title=Yardmili climate Normals for 1971-1990 (WMO Station Number: 37981) |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=ncei.noaa.gov |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmosoheric Administration |no-pp=y |type=TXT |archive-date=2024-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222163838/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/RA-VI/AJ/37981.TXT |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} == Demographics == According to ''Caucasian Calendar'' of 1915, 145 people, mainly the Azerbaijanis shown in the calendar as Tatars, lived in Yardimli village of Lankaran Uyezd of Baku Governorate in 1914.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417320 |title=Кавказский календарь на 1915 год |publisher=Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom |year=1915 |edition=70th |location= |publication-place=Tiflis |pages=214 |language=Russian |trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1915 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104234033/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417320 |archive-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> According to a census of 1979, 3114 people and according to a census of 1989,<ref>{{cite news | title=Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик (кроме РСФСР), их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу|publisher=Демоскоп Weekly | url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr79_reg2.php}}</ref> 3438 people<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php|script-title=ru:Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г.|author=Демоскоп Weekly - Электронная версия бюллетеня Население и общество|publisher=Институт демографии Государственного университета - Высшей школы экономики|language=ru|access-date=2010-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118160411/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php|archive-date=2012-01-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> lived in Yardimli. According to a census of 2010, the city's population consists of 6700 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.azstat.org/statinfo/demoqraphic/en/001_1.shtml|title=THE STATE STATISTICAL COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yardimli}} Category:Populated places in Yardimli District Category:Settled areas of Elburz