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Garnakar, Nagorno-Karabakh

Coordinates: 40°02′06″N 46°34′05″E / 40.03500°N 46.56806°E / 40.03500; 46.56806
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Garnakar / Chormanly
Գառնաքար / Çormanlı
Garnakar / Chormanly is located in Azerbaijan
Garnakar / Chormanly
Garnakar / Chormanly
Garnakar / Chormanly is located in East Zangezur Economic Region
Garnakar / Chormanly
Garnakar / Chormanly
Coordinates: 40°02′06″N 46°34′05″E / 40.03500°N 46.56806°E / 40.03500; 46.56806
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Elevation
964 m (3,163 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
161
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Garnakar (Armenian: Գառնաքար) or Chormanly (Azerbaijani: Çormanlı) is a village that is located in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]

History

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During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

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Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 9th-century Hamami Church (Armenian: Համամի եկեղեցի, romanizedHamami Yekeghetsi), the church of Hangats (Armenian: Հանգած) from between the 11th and 13th centuries, the fortress of Natarin (Armenian: Նատարին) or Ded (Armenian: Դեդ), the church of Mughdusi (Armenian: Մուղդուսի), two villages – one of them named Hamami Dzor (Armenian: Համամի ձոր), a cemetery and khachkars from between the 12th and the 13th centuries, the Mughdusi Cave, and an 18th/19th-century cemetery.[1]

Economy and culture

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The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

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The village had 124 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 161 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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