Knaravan

Knaravan () is a ghost village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. From its inception in 2004 until 2020, it was controlled by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. It was located in the gorge of the Levçay, a tributary of the Tartar south of the Murovdağ ridge, at the foot of Mount Qorovul.

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Place details

Region: Kalbajar
Country: Azərbaycan
Population: 0

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Settlement.official_name: Knaravan
Settlement.image_skyline: Knaravan006.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Knaravan in 2010
Settlement.pushpin_map: Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Rayon
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kalbajar
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 2004
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.population_total: 76
Settlement.timezone: AZT, AMT
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.timezone_DST: AZT
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +5

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Official name: Knaravan
Official website: www.knaravan.org
Image: Knaravan006.JPG

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Commons category: Knaravan
native label: Knaravan
inception: 2003-00-00

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== History == The village was founded in 2004 by the Yerkir charitable foundation with money from Armenian American Karapet Harutyunyan on the territory of Azerbaijan, which came under the control of Armenian troops in 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was named in honor of Harutyunyan's deceased wife, Knar Harutyunyan. From 2002 to 2010, 3 million US dollars were invested in rural infrastructure. Knaravan consisted of 18 cottage houses and a school. The village was inhabited by immigrants that came from Artashat, Vedi, Gavar and Yerevan.