Qarakənd
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Karakend (; ), or Berdashen () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. 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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cached 640h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Qarakənd
- Region
- Khojavend
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Karakend / Berdashen
- Settlement.native_name
- Qarakənd / Բերդաշեն
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Окрестный ландшафт деревни Бердашен.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
- Khojavend
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,606
- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 656
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Qarakənd
- Population
- 1480
- Elevation
- 656
- Image
- Окрестный ландшафт деревни Бердашен.jpg
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- Commons category
- Qarakənd (Xocavənd)
- native label
- Qarakənd
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Karakend (; ), or Berdashen () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. 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.
== History == During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
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