Məlikcanlı
Malikjanly / Melikashen
Məlikcanlı / Մելիքաշեն | |
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Malikjanly / Melikashen | |
Coordinates: 39°31′35″N 47°04′47″E / 39.52639°N 47.07972°ECoordinates: 39°31′35″N 47°04′47″E / 39.52639°N 47.07972°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan
Republic of Artsakh (claimed) |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 11 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Məlikcanlı (Malikjanly) or Melikashen (Armenian: Մելիքաշեն) is a village in the Khojavend District of the Republic 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]
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 on 2 October 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured on 14 October 2020 by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
References[]
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cultural heritage monuments in Məlikcanlı. |
Categories:
- Populated places in Khojavend District
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Former Armenian inhabited settlements
- Republic of Artsakh stubs
- Khojavend District geography stubs