Tsaghkashen, Nagorno-Karabakh

Tsaghkashen (Armenian: Ծաղկաշեն) or Damirli (Azerbaijani: Dəmirli) is a village located in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023 and in 1989.[2]

Tsaghkashen / Damirli
Ծաղկաշեն / Dəmirli
Tsaghkashen / Damirli is located in Azerbaijan
Tsaghkashen / Damirli
Tsaghkashen / Damirli
Coordinates: 40°10′43.6″N 46°45′54.8″E / 40.178778°N 46.765222°E / 40.178778; 46.765222
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictTartar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total154
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was under the control of Armenian troops by the first half of 1992, then captured by Azerbaijani troops in 4 July 1992 during Operation Goranboy. Finally it was captured by Armenian forces on 27 July 1993.

Economy and culture

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The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, the Tsaghkashen branch of the Nerkin Horatagh secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

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The village had 137 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 154 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. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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