Çiraquz

Çiraquz (Chiraguz) or Jrakus (Armenian: Ջրակուս[lower-alpha 1]) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Chiraguz / Jrakus
Çiraquz / Ջրակուս
Kavakavank Monastery near the village, built in 1742 at the site of an old monastic complex.
Chiraguz / Jrakus
Chiraguz / Jrakus
Coordinates: 39°34′36″N 47°00′48″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
748 m (2,454 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total238
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 self-declared Republic of Artsakh since 2 October 1992 when it was captured during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. On 15 October 2020, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that Azerbaijani forces had recaptured the village, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

Demographics

The village had 233 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 238 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

Notes
  1. Alternatively transliterated as Djrakus, Dgrakous and Jrakuys.

Citations
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. "Azerbaijan liberates several villages in Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Khojavand districts - president". Trend News Agency. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)
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