Xəndək, Qubadli

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Coordinates: 39°24′50″N 46°39′05″E / 39.41389°N 46.65139°E / 39.41389; 46.65139

Xəndək
Xəndək is located in Azerbaijan
Xəndək
Xəndək
Coordinates: 39°24′50″N 46°39′05″E / 39.41389°N 46.65139°E / 39.41389; 46.65139
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictQubadli
Population
 (2015)
 • Total135
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Xəndək (Khandak) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.

History[]

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s.

The village subsequently became part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Vurgavan (Armenian: Վուրգավան).

It was recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

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