Muradxanlı, Qubadli

Muradxanlı
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Coordinates: 39°27′16″N 46°37′35″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Qubadli
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	119
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Muradxanlı (Muradkhanly) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Hakari (Armenian: Հակարի). It was recaptured by the Azerbaijani Army on 2 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive.[2]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the fortress of Karnakash (Armenian: Կառնակաշ, also Ghalali),[3] two reservoirs, and a defensive wall from between the 11th and 14th centuries, as well as the 14th-century khachkar of Hakari (Հակարի).[1]

Demographics

The village had 126 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 119 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
2. Azərbaycan Respublikası Müdafiə Nazirliyi. "Qubadlı rayonunun Muradxanlı kəndindən videogörüntülər". YouTube.
3. Samvel Karapetyan (2001). Armenian Cultural Monuments In The Region Of Karabakh (PDF). Research on Armenian Architecture.
4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

• Muradxanlı, Qubadli at GEOnet Names Server