It is located 55 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge.

There exist the Daş Körpü and the Xarabalıq settlements of the Middle Ages in the north-east from the Arafsa village.

Ərəfsəli tribes who lived in a series of villages of Nakhchivan and Daralayez uyezd were engaged in cattle-breeding.

[3] Daş Körpü (Stone Bridge) is an Azerbaijan architectural monument of the Middle Ages in the north-east from the Arafsa village of Julfa rayon, on the Alinjachay River.

A Photo and dimensions of the bridge were taken during the researching works of the archaeological expedition of Nakhchivan Regional Scientific Center of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in this area (1991).

[1] Xarabalıq (Kharabalyg) is a settlement of the Middle Ages in the north-east from the Arafsa village of Julfa rayon.

Its west side has remained relatively unharmed (the fragments of the clay pot in pink-colored which is typical for the Middle Ages were found).

[1] Arafsa is a settlement of the late Bronze and early Iron Age near the same named village of Julfa rayon, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River.