Umudlu, Nagorno-Karabakh Explained

Umudlu / Aknaberd
Native Name:Ումութլու / Ակնաբերդ
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type2:Country
Subdivision Type3: District
Subdivision Name3:Tartar
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:586
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:40.195°N 46.5903°W

Umudlu (Armenian: Ումութլու|Umutlu) or Aknaberd (Armenian: Ակնաբերդ, also Akanaberd Armenian: Ականաբերդ, and Akana Armenian: Ականա) is a village located in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their exodus during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, and was incorporated into the Shahumyan Province of the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, a kindergarten, five shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

According to the "Statistical Data on the Population of the Transcaucasian Territory, Extracted from Family Lists of 1886", Umudlu had 241 Tatar (Azerbaijani) inhabitants, with 52 belonging to the upper Muslim class.[3] According to the 1912 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the village had 362 residents, most of whom were Tatars.[4] According to the 1921 census of the Azerbaijan SSR, the village had 304 Azerbaijani inhabitants.[5] The village also had an Azerbaijani-majority population in 1991.[6] The entire population of the village was evacuated in February 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[7] The village was settled by Armenians after the war.

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 482 inhabitants in 2005,[8] and 586 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: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов. drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г.. — Тф., 1893. — p. 244.
  4. Book: Кавказский календарь на 1912 год . Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom . 1912 . 67th . Tiflis . 212 . Russian . Caucasian calendar for 1912 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211211164139/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417317 . 11 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Данные переписи населения АзССР 1921 года по Джрабердскому району . . karabagh.am . ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406135914/http://www.karabagh.am/6DokiSvid/Perepis21Djraberdskij.htm . 6 April 2019 .
  6. Web site: ТЕРРОРИСТЫ ПИРАТСТВУЮТ. . ru . . sumgait.info . 13 March 2021 .
  7. Web site: Bu günə olan İşğal tariximizdən: Ağdərə, Çərəkdar, Narınclar, Umudlu.... karabachaserbaidschan.wordpress.com. 7 July 2020.
  8. http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)