Jraberd, Martakert Explained

Jraberd / Chileburt
Native Name:Ջրաբերդ / Çiləbürt
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#Karabakh
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type2:Country
Subdivision Type3: District
Subdivision Name3:Tartar
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:88
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:40.2508°N 46.8433°W

Jraberd (hy|Ջրաբերդ) or Chileburt (az|Çiləbürt, also Azerbaijani: Çiləbörd,) is a village located in the Tartar 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]

History

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

The village was administered by the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was on the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact and there were allegations of ceasefire violations in the village's vicinity.[4]

Jraberd Fortress

Hasan Jalalyan, the founder of the princely family that ruled the Principality of Khachen lived at the fortress of Jraberd, located in the mountains to the west of Maghavuz, southwest of Tonashen, close to the Yerits Mankants Monastery.[5]

Economy and culture

The village is part of the community of Martakert.[1]

Demographics

The village had 63 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 88 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. News: Sauer . Pjotr . 2 October 2023 . ‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled . en-GB . . 9 November 2023 . 0261-3077.
  4. Web site: 2015-01-12. Де Факто - Передовые подразделения Армии обороны вовремя зафиксировали продвижение азербайджанских отрядов. Front-line units of the [Artsakh] Defence Army duly discovered the movement of Azerbaijani units. 2020-11-24. DeFacto.am. ru-RU.
  5. [Robert H. Hewsen|Hewsen, Robert H.]
  6. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.