Arakül
Arakul / Arakel
Arakül / Առաքել | |
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Arakul / Arakel | |
Coordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E / 39.43778°N 46.99750°ECoordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E / 39.43778°N 46.99750°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan
Republic of Artsakh (claimed) |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 134 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Arakül (also Aragül) or Arakel (Armenian: Առաքել) is a village in the Khojavend 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]
Etymology[]
According to local tradition, Arakel is named so because Thaddeus, the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church, stayed here whilst preaching to the Armenians.[citation needed]
History[]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1993 and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan in 9 November 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]
In January 2021, according to the Public Radio of Armenia, Azerbaijani soldiers reportedly destroyed an Armenian cross-stone (khachkar) monument in the village, based on footage posted by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.[4]
References[]
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ "Ильхам Алиев объявил об освобождении сел между Шушой и Ханкенди - Обновлено".
- ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (12 January 2021). "Azerbaijanis destroy Armenian cross-stone in occupied Artsakh village". Public Radio of Armenia.
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- Populated places in Hadrut province
- Populated places in Khojavend District
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Khojavend District geography stubs
- Former Armenian inhabited settlements