Zoğalbulaq

For the village in Armenia, see Drakhtik.

Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik Zoğalbulaq / Դրախտիկ
Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik Show map of Azerbaijan Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik Show map of Karabakh Economic Region
Coordinates: 39°37′41″N 47°00′06″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	450
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Zoghalbulag (Azerbaijani: Zoğalbulaq) or Drakhtik (Armenian: Դրախտիկ, lit. 'little paradise') is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the 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]

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 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Grigor Narekatsi (Armenian: Սուրբ Գրիգոր Նարեկացի, lit. 'Gregory of Narek') built in 1645, a village and cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 17th/18th-century khachkar.[1]

Demographics

The village had 417 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 450 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. "Xocavənd rayonunun Zoğalbulaq kəndindən videogörüntülər - VİDEO".
4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

• Zoğalbulaq at GEOnet Names Server