Yeni Qaralar Explained

Official Name:	Yeni Qaralar
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:	179
Timezone:	AZT
Utc Offset:	+4
Coordinates:	40.0356°N 46.7566°W

Yeni Qaralar is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan.^[2]

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 known as Nor Seysulan (Armenian: Նոր Սեյսուլան). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites

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

Demographics

The village had 138 inhabitants in 2005,^[3] and 179 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: İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı . https://web.archive.org/web/20200416203250/https://www.stat.gov.az/menu/5/source/Inzibati_tes.pdf . 2020-04-16 . Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi . 2019 . stat.gov.az . 2021-08-13 . az.
3. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.