Yeni Zod

Yeni Zod Ազատ • Azat
Yeni Zod
Coordinates: 40°29′35″N 46°21′01″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Goygol
Population
• Total	1,216
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Yeni Zod (Armenian: Ազատ, romanized: Azat) is a village and municipality in the Goygol District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]

In 1989, the village became home to ethnic Azeri refugees from Sotk (Zod) in Armenia. The village became the new municipal seat known as Yeni Zod ("New Zod").[2]

Toponymy

The village was known as Azad until 1999.[3]

History

The village was a part of the Getashen subdistrict which participated in the Artsakh declaration of independence.[4]

Demographics

The village has a population of 1,216.[5]

References

1. Samvel Karapetian (2007). Northern Artsakh (PDF). Research on Armenian Architecture.
2. "Məmurlar Gəncəbasarda kəndləri işğal edib - Şok faktlar - FOTO". faktxeber.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-26.
3. "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında". e-qanun.az. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03.
4. "Географическая карта - Азад (село) (Yeni Zod)". mapnall.com (in Russian).
5. Murovdan bir az bəri... Yeni Zod kəndində keçirilən səyyar qəbuldan reportaj. Xalg gazeti. 27 January 2015.