Binə, Khojavend

Bina (Azerbaijani: Binə; Armenian: Բինա) or Tumi (Armenian: Տումի) 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.[2]

Bina / Tumi
Binə / Տումի
A view of the village
Bina / Tumi
Bina / Tumi
Coordinates: 39°34′59″N 46°54′05″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total746
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Toponymy

The village was known as Domi (Armenian: Դոմի; Russian: Домы; Azerbaijani: Domı) during the Soviet period.[3]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Since the 1991 declaration of independence of internationally unrecognized Republic of Artsakh up to October 2020 the village was administrated as part of Hadrut Province of it. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and Armenian population left the village. Reported that in military operations against Armenian forces on the ground Turkish special forces and Syrian-Turkoman mercenaries were widely engaged.[4][5]

  • Bridge in the village
  • 11th-century Church of the Red Cross near the village
  • Bridge in the village
  • Gorozaberd (Ghlen Kar Fortress)

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. Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  4. "Turkey Vows Support for Azerbaijan in Escalating Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict".
  5. "The Syrian mercenaries used as 'cannon fodder' in Nagorno-Karabakh". BBC News. 10 December 2020.
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