Qızıl Kəngərli Explained

Official Name:Qızıl Kəngərli
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Agdam
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:529
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:40.0988°N 46.8789°W

Qızıl Kəngərli is a village in the Agdam 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 Martakert Province, where it was settled by refugees from the village of Maragha, and became known as Nor Maragha (Armenian: Նոր Մարաղա,).[2] It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE.[1]

Demographics

The village had 349 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 529 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: Massacre of Armenian civilian population by the Azerbaijani army in the village of Maragha. Republic of Artsakh - Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B86jopjwlp0 Video of the village as it looked in December 2020 after the return of Azerbaijani control
  4. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.