Aghdam / Hakaku
Ağdam / Հակակու | |
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Coordinates: 39°33′05″N 46°57′08″E / 39.55139°N 46.95222°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Khojavend |
Elevation | 1,038 m (3,406 ft) |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 142 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Aghdam ( Azerbaijani: Ağdam) or Hakaku ( Armenian: Հակակու) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. [3]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Astvatsatsin ( Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1621, a 17th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century watermill. [1]
The village had 145 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 142 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
Aghdam / Hakaku
Ağdam / Հակակու | |
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Coordinates: 39°33′05″N 46°57′08″E / 39.55139°N 46.95222°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Khojavend |
Elevation | 1,038 m (3,406 ft) |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 142 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Aghdam ( Azerbaijani: Ağdam) or Hakaku ( Armenian: Հակակու) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. [3]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Astvatsatsin ( Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1621, a 17th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century watermill. [1]
The village had 145 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 142 inhabitants in 2015. [1]