Qıraq Müşlan is a village in the Zangilan District of Azerbaijan.
Qıraq Müşlan | |
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Coordinates: 39°03′50″N 46°40′49″E / 39.06389°N 46.68028°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Zangilan |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 126 |
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 in 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, subsequently becoming part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, being referred to as Alashkert (Armenian: Ալաշկերտ). It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 21 October 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.