Səfiyan (or Safiyan) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
Səfiyan | |
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Coordinates: 39°31′35″N 46°37′49″E / 39.52639°N 46.63028°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Lachin |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 47 |
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 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Khachgetik (Armenian: Խաչգետիկ). It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Müdafiə Nazirliyi". AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI MÜDAFİƏ NAZİRLİYİ (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ "Azerbaijani forces have returned to Karabakh city Lachin: Aliyev". Daily Sabah. 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2023-11-03.