Qarabulaq, Khojaly
Qarabulaq (Garabulag) or Aknaghbyur (Armenian: Ակնաղբյուր) is a village in the Khojaly 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]
Garabulag / Aknaghbyur
Qarabulaq / Ակնաղբյուր | |
|---|---|
  Garabulag / Aknaghbyur  Garabulag / Aknaghbyur | |
| Coordinates: 39°42′18″N 46°51′54″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed) |
| District | Khojaly |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 612 |
| Time zone | UTC+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 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]
References
- Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- "Алиев заявил о взятии ряда населенных пунктов в Карабахе". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-07.
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