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Also known as Dashbulag

Astghashen () or Dashbulag (; ) is a village in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village is famous for its unique star-shaped stones, which the village derives its name from. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Place details

Locality
Daşbulaq
Region
Khojaly
Country
Azərbaycan
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Astghashen / Dashbulag
Settlement.native_name
Աստղաշեն / Daşbulaq
Settlement.image_skyline
Գյուղի համայնապատկեր.jpg
Settlement.image_size
300px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Azerbaijan#Karabakh
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Khojaly
Settlement.population_as_of
2015
Settlement.population_total
507
Settlement.timezone
AZT
Settlement.utc_offset
+4
Settlement.elevation_m
772

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Azerbaijan
Elevation
772
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Image
Dashbulag village in Khojaly district, September 2025.jpg
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Commons category
Daşbulaq (Xocalı)
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Encyclopedic overview

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Astghashen () or Dashbulag (; ) is a village in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village is famous for its unique star-shaped stones, which the village derives its name from. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

== Toponymy == The village was historically known as Karaghbyur (). The name Astghashen means "village of stars", with the word Astgh () meaning "star" in Armenian, referring to the famous star-shaped fossils of the village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daşbulaq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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