Official Name: | Yeni Zod |
Native Name: | ԱզատAzat |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Goygol |
Population Total: | 1216 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.4931°N 46.3503°W |
Yeni Zod (Armenian: Ազատ|Azat) is a village and municipality in the Goygol District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]
In 1989, the village became home to ethnic Azeri refugees from Sotk (Zod) in Armenia. The village became the new municipal seat known as Yeni Zod ("New Zod").[2]
The village was known as Azad until 1999.[3]
The village was a part of the Getashen subdistrict which participated in the Artsakh declaration of independence.[4]
The village has a population of 1,216.[5]