Place
Jraberd (Armenian : Ջրաբերդ ) or Chilabord (Azerbaijani : Çiləbörd or Çiləbürt ) is a village located in the Tartar 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]
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast .
The village was administered by the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War . The village was on the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact and there were allegations of ceasefire violations in the village's vicinity.[ 4]
Jraberd Fortress
Hasan Jalalyan , the founder of the princely family that ruled the Principality of Khachen lived at the fortress of Jraberd, located in the mountains to the west of Maghavuz , southwest of Tonashen , close to the Yerits Mankants Monastery .[ 5]
Economy and culture
The village is part of the community of Martakert .[ 1]
Demographics
The village had 63 inhabitants in 2005,[ 6] and 88 inhabitants in 2015.[ 1]
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Urban communities Rural communities Not under Artsakh control