Minkend
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Coordinates: 39°42′34″N 46°15′14″E / 39.70944°N 46.25389°E
| Minkənd Հակ |
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 Minkənd
Հակ |
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| Coordinates: 39°42′34″N 46°15′14″E / 39.70944°N 46.25389°E | |
| Country | De-jure AzerbaijanDe-facto  Nagorno-Karabakh |
| Rayon Province |
Lachin Qashatagh |
| Time zone | UTC (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC (UTC+5) |
Minkend (Azerbaijani: Minkənd; and Hak – Armenian: Հակ) is a Kurdish[1] village in Lachin district of Azerbaijan. Since May 17, 1992 the village together with Lachin district has been under control of the Armenian forces[2][3][4].
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[edit] Geography
The village is located at the west side of the Hakari River and in the north part of Lachin district, 320 km from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
[edit] History
In 1905 140 Armenian inhabitants of the village were killed and 40 wounded during the Armenian-Tatar massacres[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ Voice of Karabakh
- ^ Negotiating a black hole, published in the Guardian
- ^ Lachin: The Emptying Lands Institute for War & Peace Reporting
- ^ U.S. Department of State - 1993 UN Security Council Resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh
- ^ Villari, Luigi. Fire and Sword in the Caucasus. London: T. F. Unwin, 1906 ISBN 0-7007-1624-6 p. 2199
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