Ağdam, Khojavend

For other uses, see Agdam (disambiguation).
Aghdam / Hakaku
Ağdam / Հակակու
Aghdam / Hakaku is located in Azerbaijan
Aghdam / Hakaku
Aghdam / Hakaku
Aghdam / Hakaku is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Aghdam / Hakaku
Aghdam / Hakaku
Coordinates: 39°33′05″N 46°57′08″E / 39.55139°N 46.95222°E / 39.55139; 46.95222
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
1,038 m (3,406 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
142
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Aghdam (Azerbaijani: Ağdam) or Hakaku (Armenian: Հակակու) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the 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]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1621, a 17th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century watermill.[1]

Demographics

The village had 145 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 142 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. ^ "Prezident İlham Əliyev işğaldan azad olunan yeni yaşayış məntəqələrinin adlarını açıqladı". azeridefence.com (in Azerbaijani). 9 November 2020.
  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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