Kərəmli, Kalbajar

Kərəmli (Karamli; Armenian: Իմար, romanized: Imar), previously known as İmarət Qərvənd (Imarat Garvand)[1] is a village de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village had an Azerbaijani majority prior to their expulsion during the Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]

Kərəmli

İmarət Qərvənd
Իմար   Imar
Kərəmli
Kərəmli
Coordinates: 40°09′51.9″N 46°26′54.6″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
DistrictKalbajar (de jure)
ProvinceMartakert (de facto)
Elevation
1,155 m (3,789 ft)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

The international civil rights society Memorial wrote about the forced exodus of the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village in 1991, along with several other Azerbaijani villages around the area. The village was fully burned to the ground by Armenian forces.[3]

References

  1. "KƏLBƏCƏR RAYONUNUN BƏZİ TOPONİMLƏRİNİN TARİXİ-COĞRAFİ MƏNŞƏYİ HAQQINDA". yerveinsan.az (in Azerbaijani). Yer və İnsan. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com (in Russian).
  3. "СОБЫТИЯ, ПРЕДШЕСТВУЮЩИЕ ШТУРМУ ХОДЖАЛЫ". memo.ru (in Russian). Memorial. Archived from the original on 2010-07-31.
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