Karakend
39°50′51″N 47°01′49″E / 39.84750°N 47.03028°E
Karakend
Բերդաշեն • Berdashen | |
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| Qarakənd | |
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  Karakend  Karakend | |
| Coordinates: Template:Xb_type:city(1498) 39°50′51″N 47°01′49″E / 39.84750°N 47.03028°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan (de jure) Artsakh (de facto) |
| District | Khojavend (de jure) |
| Province | Martuni (de facto) |
| Elevation | 656 m (2,152 ft) |
| Population (2005[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,498 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Karakend[a] (Azerbaijani: Qarakənd, lit. 'black village') or Berdashen (Armenian: Բերդաշեն, lit. 'village of the fortress') is a village de jure in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, de facto in the Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
References
- ^ Also anglicized as Karakent or Garakend
- ^ Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
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