Zoğalbulaq

Zoğalbulaq (Zoghalbulag) or Drakhtik (Armenian: Դրախտիկ) 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]

Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik
Zoğalbulaq / Դրախտիկ
Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik
Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik
Coordinates: 39°37′41″N 47°00′06″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total450
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. It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence published a video of the village on 22 December 2020 confirming full Azerbaijani control.[3]

References
  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. "Xocavənd rayonunun Zoğalbulaq kəndindən videogörüntülər - VİDEO".
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