Sarnaghbyur, Nagorno-Karabakh

For the village in the Shirak Province of Armenia, see Sarnaghbyur.
Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag
Սառնաղբյուր / Ağbulaq
Scenery around the village
Scenery around the village
Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag is located in Azerbaijan
Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag
Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag
Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag
Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag
Coordinates: 39°52′33″N 46°53′49″E / 39.87583°N 46.89694°E / 39.87583; 46.89694
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total107
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Sarnaghbyur (Armenian: Սառնաղբյուր) or Aghbulag (Azerbaijani: Ağbulaq) 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]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, the cave-shrine of Htsut (Armenian: Հցուտ), and St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi) built in 1875.[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, and a medical centre. The community of Sarnaghbyur includes the village of Dahraz.[1]

Demographics

The village had 97 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 107 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Scenery around the village
    Scenery around the village

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.