Coordinates: 39°27′16″N 46°37′35″E / 39.45444°N 46.62639°E / 39.45444; 46.62639

Muradxanlı, Qubadli

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Muradxanlı
Muradxanlı is located in Azerbaijan
Muradxanlı
Muradxanlı
Muradxanlı is located in East Zangezur Economic Region
Muradxanlı
Muradxanlı
Coordinates: 39°27′16″N 46°37′35″E / 39.45444°N 46.62639°E / 39.45444; 46.62639
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictQubadli
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total119
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Muradxanlı (Muradkhanly) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.

History

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The 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 Hakari (Armenian: Հակարի). It was recaptured by the Azerbaijani Army on 2 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive.[2]

Historical heritage sites

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Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the fortress of Karnakash (Armenian: Կառնակաշ, also Ghalali),[3] two reservoirs, and a defensive wall from between the 11th and 14th centuries, as well as the 14th-century khachkar of Hakari (Հակարի).[1]

Demographics

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The village had 126 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 119 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Azərbaycan Respublikası Müdafiə Nazirliyi. "Qubadlı rayonunun Muradxanlı kəndindən videogörüntülər". YouTube.
  3. ^ Samvel Karapetyan (2001). Armenian Cultural Monuments In The Region Of Karabakh (PDF). Research on Armenian Architecture.
  4. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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