Edilli (Azerbaijani: Edilli; Armenian: Էդիլլու, romanized: Edillu) or Ukhtadzor (Armenian: Ուխտաձոր) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
Edilli / Ukhtadzor
Էդիլլու / Ուխտաձոր | |
|---|---|
  Edilli / Ukhtadzor | |
| Coordinates: 39°33′39″N 47°04′09″E / 39.56083°N 47.06917°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 309 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History edit
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
On 4 October 2022, Azerbaijani sources reported the discovery of three sites of graves it claimed to belong to Azerbaijani military servicemen from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the village. As most of the buried soldiers had had their legs tied, Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Ziya Guliyev has described it "an example of a war crime."[3][4]
Historical heritage sites edit
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1692, and a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries.[1]
Demographics edit
The village had 327 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 309 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. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "Ziya Guliyev". Israel Hayom.
- ^ Ziya Guliyev (2022-10-30). "Time to find the missing from the Karabakh war". Israel Hayom.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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