Official Name: | Ağbənd |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Zangilan |
Timezone: | UTC |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 38.9°N 46.5667°W |
Ağbənd is a town in the Zangilan District of Azerbaijan close to the point at which the borders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran form a politically sensitive junction.
Until October 1993, livestock raising and the cultivation of agricultural crops were the main activities of the village. There was a club, a library and a first-aid post. The village came under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in October 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the village subsequently became part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Aghopen (Armenian: Աղոպեն).
It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 22 October 2020[1] during the Aras Valley campaign in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, which completed the takeover of the Azerbaijan-Iran border.[2]