Varnkatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh

Varnkatagh / Lulasaz
Վարնկաթաղ / Lüləsaz
Varnkatagh / Lulasaz is located in Azerbaijan
Varnkatagh / Lulasaz
Varnkatagh / Lulasaz
Coordinates: 40°16′40″N 46°43′45″E / 40.27778°N 46.72917°E / 40.27778; 46.72917
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictTartar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
95
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Varnkatagh (Armenian: Վարնկաթաղ) or Lulasaz (Armenian: Լուլասազ; Azerbaijani: Lüləsaz) 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]

Toponymy

The village was known as Hakob Kamari (Armenian: Հակոբ Կամարի; Russian: Акоп Камари, romanized: Akop Kamari) during the Soviet period.[4]

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, the Varnkatagh branch of the Maghavuz Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 68 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 95 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. ^ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  5. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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