Ağbulaq, Khojavend
Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aghbulag (Azerbaijani: Ağbulaq) or Aknaghbyur (Armenian: Ակնաղբյուր) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Aghbulag / Aknaghbyur
Ağbulaq / Ակնաղբյուր | |
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  Aghbulag / Aknaghbyur  Aghbulag / Aknaghbyur | |
| Coordinates: 39°33′17″N 47°04′59″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 322 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
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 Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[1]
The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.[3] Prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, it also had an Armenian majority with 330 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 322 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
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