Qəzyan, Qubadli

Gazyan (Azerbaijani: Qəzyan) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.

Gazyan Azerbaijani: Qəzyan
Gazyan
Coordinates: 39°17′29″N 46°40′08″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Qubadli
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	74
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Haykazyan (Armenian: Հայկազյան).^[2] It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on or around November 7, 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.^[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the bridge of Lalazar (Armenian: Լալազարի կամուրջ, romanized: Lalazari Kamurj), built in 1868.^[1]

Demographics

There were 22 families with a total population of 74 in the community of Haykazyan in 2015.^[2]

Notable people

• Aliyar Aliyev — National Hero of Azerbaijan.^[4]

Gallery

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  Lalazar Bridge

References

1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
2. "Տեղեկատու ԼՂՀ վարչատարածքային միավորների սոցիալ-տնտեսական բնութագրերի". Արցախի Էլեկտրոնային Գրադարան. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
3. "Алиев заявил о взятии ряда населенных пунктов в Карабахе". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-07.
4. "Aliyev Aliyar Yusif oglu". milliqahraman.az. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.

External links

• Qəzyan, Qubadli at GEOnet Names Server