Cilən

Jilan / Saralanj
Cilən / Սարալանջ
Jilan / Saralanj is located in Azerbaijan
Jilan / Saralanj
Jilan / Saralanj
Coordinates: 39°26′09″N 46°58′11″E / 39.43583°N 46.96972°E / 39.43583; 46.96972
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
27
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Jilan (Azerbaijani: Cilən) or Saralanj (Armenian: Սարալանջ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Demographics

The village had 28 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 27 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "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 2022-05-21.
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