Çinarlı, Khojavend

For the village in the province of Martakert, Republic of Artsakh, see Vank, Nagorno-Karabakh.

Chinarly (Azerbaijani: Çinarlı) or Vank (Azerbaijani: Vəng; Armenian: Վանք) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is located close to the town of Hadrut.^[2] The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.^[3]

Chinarly Vəng • Վանք • Vank
Çinarlı
The 14th-century church of Spitak Khach located on a hill to the north of the village, on the road towards Hadrut
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Coordinates: 39°30′38″N 47°01′00″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	122
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Toponymy

The village was known as Vank (Armenian: Վանք; Russian: Ванк; Azerbaijani: Vəng) during the Soviet period.^[4] The Azerbaijani government renamed the village to Çinarlı in October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.^[5]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 20 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.^[6]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 14th-century church of Spitak Khach (Armenian: Սպիտակ խաչ, lit. 'White Cross') located on a hill to the north of the village, on the road towards Hadrut.^[7]

Demographics

The village had 133 inhabitants in 2005,^[8] and 122 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

References

1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
2. Çinarlı, Khojavend at GEOnet Names Server
3. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
4. Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
5. "Парламент Азербайджана утвердил переименование села Венг в Чинарлы". trend.az. 2020-10-27.
6. "President Ilham Aliyev: Zangilan city and 6 villages of the district, 18 villages of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, and Khojavand districts liberated". mod.gov.az. 20 October 2020.
7. "Spitak Khach (White Cross) Monastery". Monument Watch.
8. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

• Çinarlı, Khojavend at GEOnet Names Server (as Vank)