Sarnaghbyur (Armenian: Սառնաղբյուր) or Aghbulag (Azerbaijani: Ağbulaq) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag
Սառնաղբյուր / Ağbulaq | |
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 Scenery around the village | |
  Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag  Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′33″N 46°53′49″E / 39.87583°N 46.89694°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 107 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editDuring the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
editHistorical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, the cave-shrine of Htsut (Armenian: Հցուտ), and St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi) built in 1875.[1]
Economy and culture
editThe 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. The community of Sarnaghbyur includes the village of Dahraz.[1]
Demographics
editThe village had 97 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 107 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Gallery
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Scenery around the village
References
edit- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
