Əbilcə (Abilja) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.
Əbilcə | |
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Coordinates: 39°13′10″N 46°42′23″E / 39.21944°N 46.70639°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Qubadli |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 59 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ "Алиев: Азербайджанская армия освободила от оккупации 13 сел". Zakon.kz. October 28, 2020.
- ^ "Алиев объявил о взятии еще 13 населенных пунктов" (in Russian). BBC Russian Service. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.