Barxudarlı
Barxudarlı (Barkhudarly, Armenian: Բարխուդարլու, lit. 'Barkhudarlu')) is an abandoned Azerbaijani village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, which is under control of Armenia. Along with the similarly abandoned village of Sofulu, Barxudarlı forms a 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) exclave of Azerbaijan surrounded by Armenia's Tavush Province.
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  Barxudarlı | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′36″N 045°13′31″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan (de jure) Armenia (de facto) |
| District Province | Qazakh (de jure) Tavush (de facto) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
Following a four-day siege, the village was captured by the Armenian Armed Forces on April 27,[1] 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The exclave has been under the control of Armenia ever since and is administered as part of the surrounding Tavush Province.
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