Kemrakuch
Kemrakuch[lower-alpha 1] (Armenian: Կարմրակուճ, romanized: Karmrakuch) or Kamartuk (Azerbaijani: Kəmərtük)[1] 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.[2]
Kemrakuch
Կարմրակուճ Kəmərtük | |
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  Kemrakuch | |
| Coordinates: 39°32′21″N 47°01′20″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 125 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
History
The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in August 1993 and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan in 14 October 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
References
- Alternatively transliterated as Karmrakuch
Capital: Hadrut | ||
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