Hacısamlı Explained

Official Name:Hacısamlı
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Lachin
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:23
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.8011°N 46.4078°W

Hacısamlı is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.[2]

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Vazgenashen (Armenian: Վազգենաշեն). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 15th/16th-century cemetery with khachkars, thirteen 15th/16th-century khachkars, a 15th/16th-century church, the 15th/16th-century rock-cut khachkar of Vazgenashen (Armenian: Վազգենաշեն), and the 17th/18th-century bridge of Kotrats (Armenian: Կոտրած).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Web site: Azerbaijan Development Gateway . 2019-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051225221801/http://www.gateway.az/cgi-bin/cl2_gw/browse.cgi?lang=en&topic=000e2e . 2005-12-25 . dead .