Binədərəsi Explained

Official Name:Binedarasi / Banadzor
Native Name:Binədərəsi / Բանաձոր
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Khojavend
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:175
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.4558°N 47.0106°W

Binedarasi (Azerbaijani: Binədərəsi) or Banadzor (Armenian: Բանաձոր) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2] The village had 143 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 175 inhabitants in 2015.

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was destroyed and depopulated along with 16 other settlements in the Hadrut and Shusha districts as part of Operation Ring in 1991. This operation was conducted by the Soviet Army, Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of the USSR and OMON units of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. The village came under the control of Armenian forces on 2 October 1992.[4] After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the chapel of Spitak Tgha (Armenian: Սպիտակ տղա) from between the 12th and 14th centuries, the 17th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,), a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century bridge.[1]

External links

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. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic . National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh . 2022-05-16 . 2011-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110302100506/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf . dead .
  4. Book: De Waal. Thomas. Thomas de Waal. Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. 2003. New York University Press. 118.