| Karakend / Berdashen | |
| Native Name: | Qarakənd / Բերդաշեն |
| Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Azerbaijan |
| Subdivision Type1: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Khojavend |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 1,606 |
| Timezone: | AZT |
| Utc Offset: | +4 |
| Elevation M: | 656 |
Karakend (Armenian: Քարաքենդ; Azerbaijani: Qarakənd|translation=black village), or Berdashen (Armenian: Բերդաշեն|translation=village of the fortress) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, on November 20, 1991, an Azerbaijani MI-8 military helicopter, carrying a peacekeeping mission team consisting of 13 Azerbaijani government officials, 2 Russian and 1 Kazakhstani Ministry of Internal Affairs officials, 3 Azerbaijani journalists and 3 helicopter crewmen was shot down by Armenian forces near the village.[4] [5] All 22 people (19 passengers and 3 crew) on board were killed in the crash.[6]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 12th-century khachkar, the 17th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,), the chapel of Mets Nahatak (Armenian: Մեծ Նահատակ) built in 1676, a 17th/18th-century shrine and the fortress of Kusaberd (Armenian: Կուսաբերդ), also known as Aghjkaberd (Armenian: Աղջկաբերդ).[1]
As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, a kindergarten, six shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 1,498 inhabitants in 2005,[7] and 1,606 inhabitants in 2015.[1]