Fətəlipəyə

Village in Azerbaijan
Place in Lachin, Azerbaijan
39°36′08″N 46°34′17″E / 39.60222°N 46.57139°E / 39.60222; 46.57139Country AzerbaijanDistrictLachinPopulation
 (2015)[1]
 • Total28Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Fətəlipəyə (Azerbaijani pronunciation: [fætælipæˈjæ]) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces on May 19, 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Aparan (Armenian: Ապարան) from June 26, 1998. The village was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cave from between the 8th and 3rd centuries BCE.[1]

Demographics

The village was settled in 1996 with Armenian refugees deported from Azerbaijan. The village had 31 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 28 inhabitants in 2015, being engaged mainly in agriculture and animal husbandry.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

  • Fətəlipəyə at GEOnet Names Server
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