Kmkadzor, Nagorno-Karabakh

Kmkadzor / Megrelalay
Քմքաձոր / Meqrelalay
Kmkadzor / Megrelalay is located in Azerbaijan
Kmkadzor / Megrelalay
Kmkadzor / Megrelalay
Coordinates: 40°14′40.6″N 46°44′12.6″E / 40.244611°N 46.736833°E / 40.244611; 46.736833
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictTartar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
116
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Kmkadzor (Armenian: Քմքաձոր) or Megrelalay (Azerbaijani: Meqrelalay) is a village that is 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]

Toponymy

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The village was known as Mingrelsk (Russian: Мингрельск) during the Soviet period.[4]

History

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

Economy and culture

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The population is mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and mining. The village is part of the community of Maghavuz.[1]

Demographics

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The village had 75 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 116 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  5. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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