Qarakişilər

Place in Qubadli, Azerbaijan
39°26′16″N 46°37′41″E / 39.43778°N 46.62806°E / 39.43778; 46.62806Country AzerbaijanDistrictQubadliPopulation
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Qarakişilər (Garakishiler) is a village in the Qubadli 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 Kashatagh Province, referred to as Dzorap (Armenian: Ձորափ). It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on November 4, 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ @azprezident (4 November 2020). "Müzəffər Azərbaycan Ordusu Cəbrayıl rayonunun Mirək, Kavdar, Zəngilan rayonunun Məşədiismayıllı, Şəfibəyli, Qubadlı rayonunun Başarat, Qarakişilər, Qaracallı kəndlərini işğaldan azad etmişdir. Eşq olsun Azərbaycan Ordusuna! Qarabağ Azərbaycandır!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

  • Qarakişilər at GEOnet Names Server
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