Çayqovuşan, Kalbajar

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Çayqovuşan
Çayqovuşan is located in Azerbaijan
Çayqovuşan
Çayqovuşan
Coordinates: 40°11′48.2″N 46°20′30.1″E / 40.196722°N 46.341694°E / 40.196722; 46.341694Coordinates: 40°11′48.2″N 46°20′30.1″E / 40.196722°N 46.341694°E / 40.196722; 46.341694
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
DistrictKalbajar (de jure)
ProvinceMartakert (de facto)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Çayqovuşan (Chaygovushan) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.[1] Çayqovuşan was one of two villages of Kalbajar forming an enclave inside of the Mardakert District of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR.[2]

Aghdaban tragedy[]

On 8 April 1992, Armenian forces attacked Aghdaban and the nearby Chaygovushan village. According to Azerbaijani sources, during the attack, the whole village of Aghdaban, which consisted of 130 homes was burned down, over 30 people were killed and over 100 were tortured.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (2019). "İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı" (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). stat.gov.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. ^ Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayəti əraziləri, published on 22 October 2020, retrieved on 5 February 2021
  3. ^ "Kəlbəcər - dağların əhatəsindəki zəngin rayon". bbc.com. BBC Azerbaijani service. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Ağdaban faciəsi". kelbecer-ih.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 13 March 2021.

External links[]

Çayqovuşan, Kalbajar at GEOnet Names Server

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