Varnkatagh (Armenian: Վարնկաթաղ) or Lulasaz (Armenian: Լուլասազ; Azerbaijani: Lüləsaz) is a village located in the Tartar 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]
Varnkatagh / Lulasaz
Վարնկաթաղ / Lüləsaz | |
|---|---|
  Varnkatagh / Lulasaz | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′40″N 46°43′45″E / 40.27778°N 46.72917°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Tartar |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 95 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Toponymy
editThe village was known as Hakob Kamari (Armenian: Հակոբ Կամարի; Russian: Акоп Камари, romanized: Akop Kamari) during the Soviet period.[4]
History
editDuring the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Economy and culture
editThe population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, the Varnkatagh branch of the Maghavuz Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics
editThe village had 68 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 95 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
edit- Varnkatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh at GEOnet Names Server
- A short documentary about the village on YouTube
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