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The troglodyte homes, excavated inside volcanic rocks and tuffs similar to dwellings in the Turkish region of Cappadocia, looks like a giant termite colony, are locally called "Karaan". One interpretation has the word Kandovan being a plural form of kando, a bee's hive. the سفر کندوان آذربایجان شرقی