Çaykənd, Kalbajar

Çaykənd
Çaykənd is located in Azerbaijan
Çaykənd
Çaykənd
Çaykənd is located in East Zangezur Economic Region
Çaykənd
Çaykənd
Coordinates: 40°08′55.8″N 46°05′12.1″E / 40.148833°N 46.086694°E / 40.148833; 46.086694
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKalbajar
Elevation
1,618 m (5,308 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
267
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Çaykənd (Chaykend) is a village in the Kalbajar 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 Shahumyan Province, referred to as Nor Verinshen (Armenian: Նոր Վերինշեն). It was returned to Azerbaijan on 25 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 12th/13th-century khachkar.[1]

Demographics

The village had 200 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 267 inhabitants in 2015.[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.
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