Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan
Chinarly (Azerbaijani : Çinarlı ; Vəng ) or Vank (Armenian : Վանք ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan , in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh . The village is located close to the town of Hadrut .[ 2] The village had an ethnic Armenian -majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war , and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[ 3]
Toponymy
The village was known as Vank (Armenian : Վանք ; Russian : Ванк ; Azerbaijani : Vəng ) during the Soviet period.[ 4] The Azerbaijani government renamed the village to Çinarlı in October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war .[ 5]
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 20 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war .[ 6]
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 14th-century church of Spitak Khach (Armenian : Սպիտակ խաչ , lit. ' White Cross ' ) located on a hill to the north of the village, on the road towards Hadrut .[ 7]
Demographics
The village had 133 inhabitants in 2005,[ 8] and 122 inhabitants in 2015.[ 1]
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