Aghabekalanj, Nagorno-Karabakh

Aghabekalanj / Aghabayyaly
Աղաբեկալանջ / Ağabəyyalı
Aghabekalanj / Aghabayyaly is located in Azerbaijan
Aghabekalanj / Aghabayyaly
Aghabekalanj / Aghabayyaly
Coordinates: 40°12′45″N 46°47′20″E / 40.21250°N 46.78889°E / 40.21250; 46.78889
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictTartar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
168
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Aghabekalanj (Armenian: Աղաբեկալանջ) or Aghabayyaly (Azerbaijani: Ağabəyyalı) is a village located in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 155 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 168 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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