Zardakhach | |
Native Name: | Զարդախաչ |
Official Name: | Zardaxaç |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#East Zangezur |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kalbajar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 136 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.1558°N 46.4733°W |
Elevation M: | 1043 |
Zardakhach (Armenian: Զարդախաչ; Azerbaijani: Zardaxaç, also Zardakhan) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023 and in 1989.[2] Prior to 2023, it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its claimed Martakert Province.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and a 19th-century spring monument.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in 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 125 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 136 inhabitants in 2015.[1]