Zoğalbulaq
Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zoghalbulag (Azerbaijani: Zoğalbulaq) or Drakhtik (Armenian: Դրախտիկ, lit. 'little paradise') is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the 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]
Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik
Zoğalbulaq / Դրախտիկ | |
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  Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik  Zoghalbulag / Drakhtik | |
| Coordinates: 39°37′41″N 47°00′06″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 450 |
| 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 on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Grigor Narekatsi (Armenian: Սուրբ Գրիգոր Նարեկացի, lit. 'Gregory of Narek') built in 1645, a village and cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 17th/18th-century khachkar.[1]
The village had 417 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 450 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
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