Dzyunashogh
Dzyunashogh (Armenian: Ձյունաշող, also romanized as Dzunashogh; Azerbaijani: Qızıl Şəfəq, literally meaning "Golden Dawn") is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Georgia border. Until 1989, the village was predominantly populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis.[1] Between May and July 1989 the Azerbaijani population of Kizil Shafaq were subject to an unusual village exchange with the then-Armenian population of Karkanj in Azerbaijan.[2][3]
Dzyunashogh
Ձյունաշող Qızıl Şəfəq | |
|---|---|
  Dzyunashogh | |
| Coordinates: 41°10′46″N 44°10′52″E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Lori Province |
| Elevation | 1,590 m (5,220 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 274 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 ( ) |
References
- "Qarabağ münaqişəsi ucbatından kəndlərini bir-birilə dəyişən ermənilər və azərbaycanlılar". bbc.com. BBC Azeri Service. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- BEYOND THE KARABAKH CONFLICT: The Story of Village Exchange - book about the population swap by Sevil Huseynova, Arsen Hakobyan, & Sergey Rumyantsev
- Arsen Hakobyan's article on the village exchange
- Dzyunashogh at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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