Official Name: | Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya |
Native Name: | Հարությունագոմեր / Qızılqaya |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#East Zangezur |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kalbajar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 517 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.1256°N 46.5161°W |
Harutyunagomer (hy|Հարությունագոմեր) or Gyzylgaya (az|Qızılqaya) 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 tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, a medieval village, as well as an 18th/19th-century church and cemetery.[1]
The village has a municipal building, a medical centre, five shops, and a secondary school.[1]
The village had 400 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 517 inhabitants in 2015.[1]