Yuxarı Ayrım Explained

40.1467°N 46.0039°W

Official Name:Yuxarı Ayrım
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Kalbajar
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Utc Offset Dst:+5
Coordinates:40.1467°N 46.0039°W

Yuxarı Ayrım is a ghost village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The name reflects the former presence of Ayrums in the vicinity. The main core of the village crowned a knoll above the river Ayrim close to the tree line on a narrow, unpaved track leading up from Aşağı Ayrım. A video released in December 2020 shows the dilapidated state of the stone houses which remained uninhabited after the village's occupation by Armenian forces in 1993.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPlKV1WeDQ0 December 2020 video of the village ruins and setting