Qıraq Müşlan Explained

Official Name:Qıraq Müşlan
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:126
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.0639°N 46.6803°W

Qıraq Müşlan is a village in the Zangilan District of Azerbaijan.

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, subsequently becoming part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, being referred to as Alashkert (Armenian: Ալաշկերտ). It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 21 October 2020 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.