Muradxanlı, Qubadli Explained

Official Name:Muradxanlı
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Qubadli
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:119
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.4544°N 46.6264°W

Muradxanlı is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.

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, referred to as Hakari (Armenian: Հակարի). It was recaptured by the Azerbaijani Army on 2 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive.[2]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the fortress of Karnakash (Armenian: Կառնակաշ, also Ghalali),[3] two reservoirs, and a defensive wall from between the 11th and 14th centuries, as well as the 14th-century khachkar of Hakari (Armenian: Հակարի).[1]

Demographics

The village had 126 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 119 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: Qubadlı rayonunun Muradxanlı kəndindən videogörüntülər. Azərbaycan Respublikası Müdafiə Nazirliyi. YouTube.
  3. Book: Armenian Cultural Monuments In The Region Of Karabakh. Samvel Karapetyan. Samvel Karapetyan (author). Research on Armenian Architecture. 2001.
  4. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.