Malxələf Explained

Official Name:Malkhalaf / Maratuk
Native Name:Malxələf / Մարաթուկ
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:18
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.5525°N 46.5925°W

Malkhalaf (Azerbaijani: Malxələf) or Maratuk (Armenian: Մարաթուկ) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan. Prior to October 2023, the village was located in the new corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, controlled by Russian peacekeepers, that replaced the Lachin corridor in August 2022.[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. 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. Web site: Ինչո՞ւ են արգելում այրել տները. զարգացումներ Արցախի Աղավնո գյուղի շուրջ. jam-news.net. 2022-08-10.