Məlikli, Zangilan Explained

Official Name:Məlikli
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Zangilan
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:118
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.0714°N 46.6892°W

Məlikli (also Melikli) is a village of the Zangilan District in Azerbaijan.

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in the autumn of 1993, 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 Mush (Armenian: Մուշ). It was recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.