Official Name: | Chankatagh / Janyatag |
Native Name: | Ճանկաթաղ / Canyataq |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Tartar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 385 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.1386°N 46.7692°W |
Chankatagh (Armenian: Ճանկաթաղ) or Janyatag (Azerbaijani: Canyataq) is a village located in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023 and in 1989.[2]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
On September 20, 2023, 5 Russian peacekeepers were killed by the Azerbaijani military in the vicinity of the village.[3] [4]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 1st century BCE, a medieval village and cemetery, a 13th-century khachkar, St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi) built in 1609, and a 17th-century chapel.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and mining. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, three shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 272 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 385 inhabitants in 2015.[1]