Yuxarı Ağcakənd (Yukhary Aghjakend; Armenian: Վերինշեն, romanizedVerinshen) is a town in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. The town forms part of the municipality of Aşağı Ağcakənd.[1] The village had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Operation Ring.[2]

Yuxarı Ağcakənd
Վերինշեն • Verinshen
Yuxarı Ağcakənd is located in Azerbaijan
Yuxarı Ağcakənd
Yuxarı Ağcakənd
Coordinates: 40°24′15″N 46°29′38″E / 40.40417°N 46.49389°E / 40.40417; 46.49389
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictGoranboy
MunicipalityAşağı Ağcakənd
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Toponymy edit

The village was also previously known as Aghjakend Verin (Armenian: Աղջաքենդ Վերին).

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  1. ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  2. ^ "Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...)". iriston.com.

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