Azat, Armenia
Azat (Armenian: Ազատ; Azerbaijani: Ağkilsə, anglicized: Aghkilsa, lit. 'White Church') is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.[2]
Azat
Ազատ | |
|---|---|
 Grave of Ashig Alasgar in Azat | |
  Azat | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′40″N 45°52′18″E | |
| Country |  Armenia |
| Province | Gegharkunik |
| Elevation | 2,054 m (6,739 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 101 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
| Azat, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server | |
History
Located in the village is a heavily ruined 11th century church and a pair of medieval khachkars.[3]
The village was the birthplace of the celebrated Azerbaijani ashik Ashig Alasgar (Azerbaijani: Aşıq Ələsgər) (1821-1926).[4]
Demographics
According to the "Caucasian calendar" of 1912, the village had 180 inhabitants, with most of them being ethnic Azerbaijanis.[5]
References
- Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
- "ԱԶԱՏ". gegharkunik.am. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. pp. 82–83. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
- Who is who (in Azerbaijani)
- "Caucasian Calendar. Tiflis 1912" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 October 2016.
External links
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 82; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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