Tsaghkashen, Nagorno-Karabakh
Tsaghkashen / Damirli
Ծաղկաշեն / Dəmirli | |
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Coordinates: 40°10′43.6″N 46°45′54.8″E / 40.178778°N 46.765222°E | |
Country | ![]() |
• District | Tartar |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 154 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Tsaghkashen (Armenian: Ծաղկաշեն) or Damirli (Azerbaijani: Dəmirli) is a village located in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023 and in 1989.[2]
History
[edit]During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was under the control of Armenian troops by the first half of 1992, then captured by Azerbaijani troops in 4 July 1992 during Operation Goranboy. Finally it was captured by Armenian forces on 27 July 1993.
Economy and culture
[edit]The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, the Tsaghkashen branch of the Nerkin Horatagh secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics
[edit]The village had 137 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 154 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.