Düdükçü

Dudukchu / Kyuratagh Düdükçü / Քյուրաթաղ
Church of the Holy Mother of God in the village from 1743
Dudukchu / Kyuratagh
Coordinates: 39°34′28″N 47°03′05″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	321
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Dudukchu (Azerbaijani: Düdükçü) or Kyuratagh (Armenian: Քյուրաթաղ) 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]

As of October 2023, Azerbaijan has exiled all Armenians in the region after a blockade of all roads to force the Armenian population out and regained control of the lands.[3][4]

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 on 15 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[5]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1743, and an 18th/19th-century cemetery.[1]

Demographics

The village had 274 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 321 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. "Ethnic cleansing in Karabakh received 'pin-drop silence' by American media, US presidential nominee says". news.am. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
4. "Azerbaijan pledges 'guarantees' to Karabakh Armenians after its blockade, genocide". news.am. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
5. [1] Azerbaijan liberates several villages in Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Khojavand districts - president
6. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

• Düdükçü at GEOnet Names Server