Yenikənd, Kalbajar

Yenikənd (Yenikend) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.[1]

Yenikənd
Yenikənd
Coordinates: 39°58′59.2″N 46°25′17.3″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKalbajar
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

The village was occupied by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and administrated as part of Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. It was renamed Chrag during its occupation.

On 25 November 2020, the village was returned to Azerbaijan per the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

References

  1. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (2019). "İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı" (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). stat.gov.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

Yenikənd, Kalbajar at GEOnet Names Server


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