Kyatuk, Nagorno-Karabakh Explained

Official Name:	Kyatuk / Aghgadik
Native Name:	Քյաթուկ / Ağgədik
Pushpin Map:	Azerbaijan#Karabakh
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	District
Subdivision Name1:	Khojaly
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population As Of:	2015
Population Total:	6
Timezone:	AZT
Utc Offset:	+4
Coordinates:	39.9031°N 46.8469°W
Elevation M:	985

Kyatuk (Armenian: Քյաթուկ) or Aghgadik (Azerbaijani: Ağgədik) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population^[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.^[3]

History

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

Economy and culture

The village is part of the community of Askeran.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 8 inhabitants in 2005,^[4] and 6 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

Notable people

• Mikael Aramyants (1843–1923) – Armenian oil magnate^[5]
• Mikayel Varandian (1870–1934) – Armenian revolutionary and historian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
2. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com .
3. News: Sauer . Pjotr . 2 October 2023 . ‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled . en-GB . . 9 November 2023 . 0261-3077.
4. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
5. Web site: Creator of Life. Vahe Antanesyan. imYerevan. 2011-11-01.