Qarakeçdi Explained

Official Name:Qarakeçdi
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Coordinates:39.7525°N 46.2722°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Lachin
Population Total:56
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4

Qarakeçdi is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

History

The village was known as Leninkend (Azerbaijani: Leninkənd) during the Soviet period until it was renamed in 1999 to Qarakeçdi.[2]

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in May 1992 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 Lernahovit (Armenian: Լեռնահովիտ), and previously Yeznagomer (Armenian: Եզնագոմեր). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. http://e-qanun.az/files/framework/data/3/f_3052.htm Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında