Garadaghly, Nagorno-Karabakh

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Garadaghly / Varanda
Qaradağlı / Վարանդա
Qaradağlı village, Azerbaijan.jpg
Garadaghly / Varanda is located in Republic of Artsakh
Garadaghly / Varanda
Garadaghly / Varanda
Coordinates: 39°47′49″N 46°58′32″E / 39.79694°N 46.97556°E / 39.79694; 46.97556Coordinates: 39°47′49″N 46°58′32″E / 39.79694°N 46.97556°E / 39.79694; 46.97556
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartuni
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total110
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Garadaghly (Azerbaijani: Qaradağlı) or Varanda (Armenian: Վարանդա) is a village de facto in the Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]

History[]

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

During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the capture of Garadaghly (also called the Garadaghly massacre) saw the deaths of 20-90 Azerbaijani civilians.[3][4] Armenian forces captured the village in early February 1992, as well as the villages of Malibeyli and Aghdaban with their populations being expelled, resulting in the death of at least 99 civilians and 140 injuries.[5]

Economy and culture[]

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics[]

According to the Caucasus Calendar of 1910, the village had 500 inhabitants in 1908, with the majority being Tatars (Azerbaijanis),[6] the village also had an Azerbaijani majority in 1989.[2] Azerbaijani IDPs from the village mostly settled in the Beylagan District of Azerbaijan.[7] The village was settled by Armenians after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 70 inhabitants in 2005,[8] and 110 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ a b Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ "Letter dated 20 May 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  4. ^ "20 killed in attack on Azerbaijani village". Deseret News. February 17, 1992. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. ^ Cornell, Svante (2001). Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict in the Caucasus. Psychology Press. p. 81. ISBN 0700711627. From early February onwards, the Azeri villages of Malybeili, Karadagly, and Agdaban were conquered and their population evicted, leading to at least 99 civilian deaths and 140 wounded.
  6. ^ Caucasian Calendar 1910. p.211
  7. ^ "Прошло 28 лет со дня трагедии в Гарадаглы". azertag.az. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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