Məmməddərə

Məmməddərə (Mammaddara) or Mariamadzor (Armenian: Մարիամաձոր) 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.[2]

Mammaddara / Mariamadzor
Məmməddərə / Մարիամաձոր
Church of St. Minas from 1601 near the village
Mammaddara / Mariamadzor
Mammaddara / Mariamadzor
Coordinates: 39°34′21″N 47°00′07″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
  Total245
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 captured by Armenian forces on 2 October 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was made part of Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 15 October 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

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