Almalıq Explained

Official Name:	Almalıq
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:	111
Timezone:	AZT
Utc Offset:	+4
Coordinates:	40.1003°N 46.2375°W
Elevation M:	1498

Almalıq 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 Havsatagh (Armenian: Հավսաթաղ). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Demographics

The village had 65 inhabitants in 2005,^[2] and 111 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.