Ərikli | |
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Coordinates: 39°51′02″N 46°24′18″E / 39.85056°N 46.40500°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Lachin |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 12 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Ərikli (Arikli) or Arakhish ( Armenian: Արախիշ) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Arakhish ( Armenian: Արախիշ). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars from between the 9th and 11th centuries, two cemeteries from between the 9th and 17th centuries, a 12th-century tombstone, the 12th/13th-century church of Arakhish (Արախիշ), the church of Zorakhach ( Armenian: Զորախաչ) from 1246, a tombstone from 1295, a 15th/16th-century rock-cut khachkar, a 16th/17th-century khachkar, and two 17th-century tombstones. [1]
The village had 50 inhabitants in 2005, [2] and 12 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
Ərikli | |
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Coordinates: 39°51′02″N 46°24′18″E / 39.85056°N 46.40500°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Lachin |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 12 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Ərikli (Arikli) or Arakhish ( Armenian: Արախիշ) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Arakhish ( Armenian: Արախիշ). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars from between the 9th and 11th centuries, two cemeteries from between the 9th and 17th centuries, a 12th-century tombstone, the 12th/13th-century church of Arakhish (Արախիշ), the church of Zorakhach ( Armenian: Զորախաչ) from 1246, a tombstone from 1295, a 15th/16th-century rock-cut khachkar, a 16th/17th-century khachkar, and two 17th-century tombstones. [1]
The village had 50 inhabitants in 2005, [2] and 12 inhabitants in 2015. [1]