Berkadzor Explained

Official Name:Berkadzor
Native Name:Բերքաձոր
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type2:Country
Subdivision Name2: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type3: District
Subdivision Name3:Khojaly
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1998
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:195
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.8761°N 46.7817°W
Elevation M:619

Berkadzor (Armenian: Բերքաձոր) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, it was under the control of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Askeran Province, and had an ethnic Armenian-majority population. The village was founded in 1998.

Toponymy

The village is also known as Armenabad.

History

During the Soviet period, the area around the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. On 25 September 2023, amid the exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region, a fuel depot in Berkadzor exploded, resulting in the deaths of at least 170 people and over 300 injuries.[2]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE.[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as in different state institutions. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 165 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 195 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. News: 2023-09-29 . Death toll from fuel depot blast in Karabakh rises to 170, Armenpress reports . en . Reuters . live . 2023-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930005615/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/death-toll-fuel-depot-blast-karabakh-rises-170-media-2023-09-29/ . 30 September 2023.
  3. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. 2013-01-09. 2011-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302100506/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf. dead.