Childiran

Childiran (Azerbaijani: Çıldıran) or Chldran (Armenian: Չլդրան) is a village de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

Childiran / Chldran
Çıldıran / Չլդրան
Childiran / Chldran
Childiran / Chldran
Coordinates: 40°06′13″N 46°38′44″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
DistrictKalbajar (de jure)
ProvinceMartakert (de facto)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total528
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Etymology

The name is of Persian origin.[2]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 16th/17th-century Karmir Yeghtsi Church 300 m to the north, the partially ruined Nahatak Church 2.2 km to the northeast, with an adjacent cemetery with khachkars and the Tatver religious site 3.5 km to the northeast.[3]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, nine shops and a medical centre.[1] The village school named after Tigran Izmirlian was destroyed in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was rebuilt in 2002, and a renovation and expansion project, jointly sponsored by the Artsakh government, Armenia Fund and the Izmirlian Foundation, commenced in 2020.[4]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, with 467 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 528 inhabitants in 2015.[1] It had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their expulsion in the First Nagorno-Karabakh war.[6]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Arsène Saparov (2017-09-01). "Contested spaces: the use of place-names and symbolic landscape in the politics of identity and legitimacy in Azerbaijan". Central Asian Survey. 36 (4): 534–554. doi:10.1080/02634937.2017.1350139.
  3. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  4. "Izmirlian Foundation". am.izmirlianfoundation.am. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  5. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  6. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
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