Berkadzor

Berkadzor Բերքաձոր
Berkadzor
Coordinates: 39°52′34″N 46°46′54″E
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojaly
Founded	1998
Elevation	619 m (2,031 ft)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	195
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Berkadzor (Armenian: Բերքաձոր) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3] The village was founded in 1998.

Toponymy

The village is also known as Armenabad.

History

During the Soviet period, the area around the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. On 25 September 2023, amid the exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region, a fuel depot in Berkadzor exploded, resulting in the deaths of at least 170 people and over 300 injuries.[4]

Historical heritage sites

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

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as in different state institutions. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 165 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 195 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
3. Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
4. "Death toll from fuel depot blast in Karabakh rises to 170, Armenpress reports". Reuters. 2023-09-29. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
5. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2013-01-09.

External links

• Berkadzor at GEOnet Names Server