40°31′N 45°56′E / 40.517°N 45.933°E / 40.517; 45.933

Gazakhly
Շահումյան • Shahumyan
Azerbaijani: Qazaxlı
Gazakhly is located in Azerbaijan
Gazakhly
Gazakhly
Coordinates: 40°31′N 45°56′E / 40.517°N 45.933°E / 40.517; 45.933
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictDashkasan
MunicipalityEmirvar
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Qazaxlı (also Gazakhly; Armenian: Շահումյան, romanizedShahumyan) is a village in the Dashkasan District of Azerbaijan. The village was founded in 1922 on the site of an abandoned ancient Armenian village and had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]

Administration

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The village forms part of the municipality of Emirvar.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Samvel Karapetian (2007). Northern Artsakh (PDF). Research on Armenian Architecture.
  2. ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
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