Ağbulaq, Khojavend

Aghbulag (Azerbaijani: Ağbulaq) or Aknaghbyur (Armenian: Ակնաղբյուր) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3]

For other places with the same name, see Ağbulaq.
For the village of Aknaghbyur, formerly in the province of Askeran, Artsakh, see Qarabulaq, Khojaly.
Aghbulag / Aknaghbyur
Ağbulaq / Ակնաղբյու
Aghbulag / Aknaghbyur
Aghbulag / Aknaghbyur
Coordinates: 39°33′17″N 47°04′59″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)[1]
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total322
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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

The village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[4]

References
  1. "Արցախի տարածքները համարվում են օկուպացված Ադրբեջանի կողմից. ԱՀ ԱԺ հայտարարությունը" [The territories of the Artsakh Republic, which are under the control of Azerbaijan so far, are considered to be occupied by the Republic of Azerbaijan]. armenpress.am (in Armenian). 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  3. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  4. APA.az (2020-10-16). "President Ilham Aliyev: 3 more villages liberated from occupation". apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2020-10-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.