Çağadüz

Çağadüz (Chaghaduz) or Sargsashen (Armenian: Սարգսաշեն) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3]

Chaghaduz / Sargsashen
Çağadüz / Սարգսաշեն
Chaghaduz / Sargsashen
Chaghaduz / Sargsashen
Coordinates: 39°41′31″N 46°53′42″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)[1]
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total285
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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

The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was administrated as part of the Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

References
  1. "Արցախի տարածքները համարվում են օկուպացված Ադրբեջանի կողմից. ԱՀ ԱԺ հայտարարությունը" [The territories of the Artsakh Republic, which are under the control of Azerbaijan so far, are considered to be occupied by the Republic of Azerbaijan]. armenpress.am (in Armenian). 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  3. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
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