Jraberd

Jraberd Ջրաբերդ
Çiləbürt
Jraberd Fortress
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Coordinates: 40°15′03″N 46°50′36″E / 40.25083°N 46.84333°E / 40.25083; 46.84333Coordinates: 40°15′03″N 46°50′36″E / 40.25083°N 46.84333°E / 40.25083; 46.84333
Country	Azerbaijan (de jure)  Artsakh (de facto)
District	Tartar (de jure)
Province	Martakert (de facto)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	88
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

Jraberd (Armenian: Ջրաբերդ) or Chilabord (Azerbaijani: Çiləbörd or Çiləbürt) is a village de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.^[2]

History[]

It has been reported that Hasan Jalalyan, the founder of the princely family who ruled over the Principality of Khachen lived here at the ancient castle of Jraberd, and functioned as the center of his line.^{[citation needed]}

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

The village has been administered by the Republic of Artsakh since the First Nagorno-Karabakh war. The village is on the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact. There have been allegations of ceasefire violations in the village's vicinity.^[3]

Demographics[]

The village had 63 inhabitants in 2005,^[4] and 88 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Jraberd at GEOnet Names Server

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