Böyük Tağlar

Böyük Tağlar (Boyuk Taghlar) or Mets Tagher (Armenian: Մեծ Թաղեր) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The Taghlar Cave is located in the southern part of the village. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Böyük Tağlar

Մեծ Թաղեր  • Mets Tagher
A church in the village
Böyük Tağlar
Coordinates: 39°37′06″N 46°57′17″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2005)[1]
 • Total1,503
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

The village was captured by Armenian forces on October 2, 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

  • Flowers in the village

Notable Natives

References
  1. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR36jaJVL9JFRkphK1_J8vI1lasDwSxnuswoT-nV4RB9Pgrc-LCUG6dwOTY&v=NYxasEs_tVc&feature=youtu.be
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