Kəmərqaya (Kamargaya; Armenian: Կիրանց, romanizedKirants) is a village and municipality in the Dashkasan District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]

Kəmərqaya
Կիրանց • Kirants
Municipality
Kəmərqaya is located in Azerbaijan
Kəmərqaya
Kəmərqaya
Coordinates: 40°32′38″N 46°04′12″E / 40.54389°N 46.07000°E / 40.54389; 46.07000
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictDashkasan
Population
 • Total
322
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Toponymy

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The village is also known as Kiranzh and was known as Beriyaşen and Şarukkar until 1992.[2]

Demographics

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The village has a population of 322.

References

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  1. ^ Samvel Karapetian (2007). Northern Artsakh (PDF). Research on Armenian Architecture. pp. 196–203. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2012-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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