Kərəmli, Kalbajar
Kərəmli (Karamli) or Imar (Armenian: Իմար), previously known as İmarət Qərvənd (Imarat Garvand)[1] is a village de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Azerbaijani majority prior to their expulsion during the Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]
Karamli / Imar
Kərəmli / Իմար İmarət Qərvənd | |
|---|---|
  Karamli / Imar  Karamli / Imar | |
| Coordinates: 40°09′51.9″N 46°26′54.6″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan (de jure) Artsakh (de facto) |
| District | Kalbajar (de jure) |
| Province | Martakert (de facto) |
| Elevation | 1,155 m (3,789 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
The international civil rights society Memorial wrote about the forced exodus of the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village in 1991, along with several other Azerbaijani villages around the area. The village was fully burned to the ground by Armenian forces.[3]
References
- "KƏLBƏCƏR RAYONUNUN BƏZİ TOPONİMLƏRİNİN TARİXİ-COĞRAFİ MƏNŞƏYİ HAQQINDA". yerveinsan.az (in Azerbaijani). Yer və İnsan. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com (in Russian).
- "СОБЫТИЯ, ПРЕДШЕСТВУЮЩИЕ ШТУРМУ ХОДЖАЛЫ". memo.ru (in Russian). Memorial. Archived from the original on 2010-07-31.
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