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Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Derekend (Azerbaijani: Dərəkənd) or Tsamdzor (Armenian: Ծամձոր) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
Derekend / Tsamdzor
Dərəkənd / Ծամձոր | |
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Coordinates: 39°29′47″N 46°58′05″E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 47 |
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 breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1696, a bridge from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a reservoir created in the 19th century.[1]
The village had 54 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 47 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
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