Qəzyan, Qubadli Explained

Official Name:Gazyan
Native Name:Azerbaijani: Qəzyan
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Qubadli
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:74
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.2914°N 46.6689°W

Gazyan (Azerbaijani: Qəzyan) 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, where it was known as Haykazyan (Armenian: Հայկազյան).[2] It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on or around November 7, 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the bridge of Lalazar (Armenian: Լալազարի կամուրջ|Lalazari Kamurj), built in 1868.[1]

Demographics

There were 22 families with a total population of 74 in the community of Haykazyan in 2015.[4]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Web site: Տեղեկատու ԼՂՀ վարչատարածքային միավորների սոցիալ-տնտեսական բնութագրերի. 2020-11-07. Արցախի Էլեկտրոնային Գրադարան.
  3. Web site: Алиев заявил о взятии ряда населенных пунктов в Карабахе. 2020-11-07. Газета.Ru. ru.
  4. Web site: Տեղեկատու ԼՂՀ վարչատարածքային միավորների սոցիալ-տնտեսական բնութագրերի. 2020-11-07. Արցախի Էլեկտրոնային Գրադարան.
  5. Web site: Aliyev Aliyar Yusif oglu. milliqahraman.az. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152636/http://www.milliqahraman.az/milli_qehremanlar/314-zhliyev-zhliyar-yusif-odlu.html. 2015-04-02.