Official Name: | Tblghu / Damghaly |
Native Name: | Թբլղու / Damğalı |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#East Zangezur |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kalbajar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 158 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.0167°N 83°W |
Tblghu (hy|Թբլղու) or Damghaly (az|Damğalı) is a village located in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 12th/13th-century fortress of Aghuyen (hy|Աղուեն), a 13th-century church, a 13th-century khachkar, and an 18th/19th-century cemetery.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, the Tblghu branch of the Kolatak Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 176 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 158 inhabitants in 2015.[1]