Katex

Katex [Katekh] (also, Gədıx [gyadıkh], Katekh, and Katekhi; Avar:КIатIихъ) is a village at the foot of the Caucasian Mountains and the most populous municipality, except for the capital Balakən, in the Balakan Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village takes its name from Turkic gədik (which in local dialect sounds like gədıx) for nearby mountain passageway, which has been used for centuries to cross the Caucasian mountains from its northern side to Southern. The name Gədıx is still used by older generation of the local population, whereas the new and/or unfamiliar with local custom people use the "modernised" name. The name was changed to Katekh (formerly Katekhi) probably during short period in 1918-1921 when Katex was the part of the Georgian Democratic Republic.