Çinarlı, Khojavend

Çinarlı (Chinarly) or Vank (Armenian: Վանք) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is located close to the town of Hadrut.[2] The village had an ethnic Armenian population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3]

For the village in the province of Martakert, Republic of Artsakh, see Vank, Nagorno-Karabakh.
Chinarly / Vank
Çinarlı / Վանք
The 14th-century church of Spitak Khach located on a hill to the north of the village, on the road towards Hadrut
Chinarly / Vank
Chinarly / Vank
Coordinates: 39°30′38″N 47°01′00″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total122
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Toponymy

The village was known as Vank (Armenian: Վանք; Russian: Ванк; Azerbaijani: Vəng) during the Soviet period.[4] The Azerbaijani government renamed the village to Çinarlı in October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[5]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

The village came under the control of Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on October 20, 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[6]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Çinarlı, Khojavend at GEOnet Names Server
  3. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  4. Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  5. "Парламент Азербайджана утвердил переименование села Венг в Чинарлы". trend.az. 2020-10-27.
  6. "President Ilham Aliyev: Zangilan city and 6 villages of the district, 18 villages of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, and Khojavand districts liberated". mod.gov.az. 20 October 2020.
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