Əbilcə (Abilja) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.

Əbilcə
Əbilcə is located in Azerbaijan
Əbilcə
Əbilcə
Coordinates: 39°13′10″N 46°42′23″E / 39.21944°N 46.70639°E / 39.21944; 46.70639
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictQubadli
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
59
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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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 breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Vardabats (Armenian: Վարդաբաց). It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on or around October 28, 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ "Алиев: Азербайджанская армия освободила от оккупации 13 сел". Zakon.kz. October 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Алиев объявил о взятии еще 13 населенных пунктов" (in Russian). BBC Russian Service. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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