Official Name: | Vardadzor / Gulyatag |
Native Name: | Վարդաձոր / Gülyataq |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Tartar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 199 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.1478°N 46.7448°W |
Vardadzor (Armenian: Վարդաձոր) or Gulyatag (Azerbaijani: Gülyataq; Armenian: Գյուլաթաղ|Gyulatagh) is a village that is located in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023 and in 1989.[2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 12th/13th-century St. Joseph's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովսեփ եկեղեցի|Surb Hovsep Yekeghetsi), a 12th/13th-century cemetery, and the Melik-Alaverdyan Fortress (Armenian: Մելիք-Ալավերդյանների ամրոց|Melik-Alaverdyanneri Amrots) built in 1799.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in mining, agriculture, and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 193 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 199 inhabitants in 2015.[1]