Çiraquz

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Chiraguz / Jrakus
Çiraquz / Ջրակուս
Kavakavank Monastery near the village, built in 1742 at the site of an old monastic complex.
Kavakavank Monastery near the village, built in 1742 at the site of an old monastic complex.
Chiraguz / Jrakus is located in Azerbaijan
Chiraguz / Jrakus
Chiraguz / Jrakus
Coordinates: 39°34′36″N 47°00′48″E / 39.57667°N 47.01333°E / 39.57667; 47.01333Coordinates: 39°34′36″N 47°00′48″E / 39.57667°N 47.01333°E / 39.57667; 47.01333
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
748 m (2,454 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total238
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Çiraquz (Chiraguz) or Jrakus (Armenian: Ջրակուս[a]) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

History[]

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

The village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-declared Republic of Artsakh since 2 October 1992 when it was captured during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. On 15 October 2020, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that Azerbaijani forces had recaptured the village, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

Demographics[]

The village had 233 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 238 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Alternatively transliterated as Djrakus, Dgrakous and Jrakuys.

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ "Azerbaijan liberates several villages in Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Khojavand districts - president". Trend News Agency. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. ^ Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)

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