Çaykənd, Kalbajar Explained

Official Name:Çaykənd
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Kalbajar
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:267
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:40.1488°N 46.0867°W
Elevation M:1618

Çaykənd is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

History

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 Shahumyan Province, referred to as Nor Verinshen (Armenian: Նոր Վերինշեն). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 12th/13th-century khachkar.[1]

Demographics

The village had 200 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 267 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.