Arakül

Arakül (also Aragül) or Arakel (Armenian: Առաքել) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[1]

Arakül

Առաքել  • Arakel
St. Mariam Astvatsatsin Church in the village
Arakül
Coordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonKhojavend
Population
 (2015)
 • Total134
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Etymology
Village gate

According to local tradition, Arakel is named so because Thaddeus, the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church, stayed here whilst preaching to the Armenians.

History

The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1993 and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan in 9 November 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]

In January 2021, according to the Public Radio of Armenia, Azerbaijani soldiers reportedly destroyed an Armenian cross-stone (khachkar) monument in the village, based on footage posted by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.[3]

References
  1. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  2. https://haqqin.az/news/193478
  3. Ghazanchyan, Siranush (12 January 2021). "Azerbaijanis destroy Armenian cross-stone in occupied Artsakh village". Public Radio of Armenia.


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