Cilən Explained

Official Name:Jilan / Saralanj
Native Name:Cilən / Սարալանջ
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:27
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.4358°N 46.9697°W

Jilan (Azerbaijani: Cilən) or Saralanj (Armenian: Սարալանջ|) 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]

History

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

Demographics

The village had 28 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 27 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: 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. 2022-05-21. 2011-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302100506/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf. dead.