Official Name: | Güləbird |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#East Zangezur |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Lachin |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 221 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.48°N 46.6086°W |
Güləbird or Tsaghkaberd (Armenian: Ծաղկաբերդ, lit. 'castle of flowers') is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
Gulabird, then called Kulaberd in Armenian (hy|Կուլաբերդ), was the easternmost fortification of the Armenian Principality of Kapan (1722-1730) formed by the commander Davit Bek following the Syunik Rebellion, it is also where the modern-day village gets its name.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in August 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Tsaghkaberd (hy|Ծաղկաբերդ,). It was seized by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]
After returning to Azerbaijan control, the Gulabird hydroelectric power plant was declared reopened in 2021.[3] It is a small 8 MW power plant.[4]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cave, the 12th/13th-century rock-cut church of Kronk (hy|Քրոնք), and the 17th/18th-century bridge of Kotrats (hy|Կոտրած).[1]
The village had 271 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 221 inhabitants in 2015.[1]