Azat, Armenia
Azat
Ağkilsə Ազատ | |
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  Azat | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′40″N 45°52′18″E / 40.17778°N 45.87167°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Gegharkunik |
| Elevation | 2,054 m (6,739 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 165 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (GMT+4) |
Azat (Armenian: Ազատ, also Romanized as Azad; Azerbaijani: Ağkilsə, Aghkilsa lit. 'White Church') is a small village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It also has a heavily ruined 11th century church and a pair of medieval khachkars.[1]
The village was also the birthplace of the celebrated Azerbaijani ashik Ashig Alasgar (Azerbaijani: Aşıq Ələsgər) (1821-1926).[2] All of the ethnic Azerbaijani inhabitants of Azat fled to Azerbaijan in 1988-89 during the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Demographics
According to the "Caucasian calendar" of 1912, the village had 180 inhabitants, with most of them being ethnic Azerbaijanis.[3]
Gallery
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Grave of Ashig Alasgar in Azat
References
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. pp. 82–83. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
- ^ Who is who (in Azerbaijani)
- ^ "Caucasian Calendar. Tiflis 1912" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 October 2016.
- Azat, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.
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