Qızıl Kəngərli

Place in Agdam, Azerbaijan

40°05′55.7″N 46°52′43.9″E / 40.098806°N 46.878861°E / 40.098806; 46.878861Country

AzerbaijanDistrictAgdamPopulation

(2015)^[1]

• Total529Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Qızıl Kəngərli (Gyzyl Kangarli) is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan.

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 Martakert Province, where it was settled by refugees from the village of Maragha, and became known as Nor Maragha (Armenian: Նոր Մարաղա, lit. 'New Maragha').^[2] It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.^[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 349 inhabitants in 2005,^[4] and 529 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

Gallery

Tomb
Cemetery
Monument to the victims of the Maraga massacre
Restaurant

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
^ "Massacre of Armenian civilian population by the Azerbaijani army in the village of Maragha". Republic of Artsakh - Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
^ Video of the village as it looked in December 2020 after the return of Azerbaijani control
^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

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Qızıl Kəngərli at GEOnet Names Server

Aghdam District

Capital: Aghdam

v t e Martakert Province
Capital: Martakert
Urban communities	Martakert
Rural communities	Aghabekalanj Arajadzor Chankatagh Chapar Chldran Drmbon Garnakar Ghazarahogh Getavan Harutyunagomer Haterk Imar Jraberd Khnkavan Kichan Kmkadzor Kochoghot Kolatak Kusapat Maghavuz Mehmana Mets Shen Mokhratagh Nareshtar Nerkin Horatagh Nor Ghazanchi Poghosagomer Seysulan Shahmasur Tblghu Tonashen Tsaghkashen Tsmakahogh Vaghuhas Vank Vardadzor Varnkatagh Verin Horatagh Zaglik Zardakhach
Not under Artsakh control	Andzavner Aygestan Dashtaglukh Hovtashen Karmiravan Levonarkh Mataghis Maragha Nor Aygestan Nor Haykajur Nor Karmiravan Nor Maragha Nor Seysulan Talish