Qarakeçdi (Garakechdi) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

Qarakeçdi
Qarakeçdi is located in Azerbaijan
Qarakeçdi
Qarakeçdi
Qarakeçdi is located in East Zangezur Economic Region
Qarakeçdi
Qarakeçdi
Coordinates: 39°45′09″N 46°16′20″E / 39.75250°N 46.27222°E / 39.75250; 46.27222
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictLachin
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
56
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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The village was known as Leninkend (Azerbaijani: Leninkənd) during the Soviet period until it was renamed in 1999 to Qarakeçdi.[2]

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in May 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Lernahovit (Armenian: Լեռնահովիտ), and previously Yeznagomer (Եզնագոմեր). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

References

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  1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında Archived May 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine