Chanakhchi, Khojaly

Chanakhchi (Armenian: Չանախչի; Azerbaijani: Çanaqçı) or Avetaranots (Armenian: Ավետարանոց) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village is the birthplace of Armenian prince and lieutenant general of the Russian Empire Valerian Madatov. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Chanakhchi / Avetaranots
Çanaqçı / Ավետարանոց
Chanakhchi / Avetaranots
Chanakhchi / Avetaranots
Coordinates: 39°42′11″N 46°49′50″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total1,121
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran 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 Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

References
  1. 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. https://report.az/dagliq-qarabag-munaqishesi/yeni-eraziler-isgaldan-azad-edildi-2/
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