Zangilan
39°03′56″N 46°41′49″E / 39.06556°N 46.69694°E
Zəngilan Kovsakan | |
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 Kovsakan | |
| Country | Azerbaijan (de facto - Nagorno Karabakh Republic) |
| District Province | Zangilan Qarabag Region |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 500 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC) |
Zangilan (Armenian: Կովսական / Kovsakan) is a town which is de jure located in the Zangilan Rayon of Azerbaijan. Since the Nagorno-Karabakh War it has been administered as part of Kashatagh Region by the de facto independent Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. Zangilan was part of Ancient Armenia and also the Kingdom of Artsakh but was deliberately excluded from the Karabakh Autonomous Region in 1923, but then reunited with Nagorno Karabakh Republic during the National Liberation War.[2]
History
Kovsakan as it is known in Armenian was part of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Artsakh but was deliberately excluded from the Karabakh Autonomous Region in 1923, but then reunited with Nagorno Karabakh Republic during the National Liberation War.[2]
References
- ^ http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf
- ^ a b Robert H. Hewsen, Armenia: A Historical Atlas. The University of Chicago Press, 2001, pp. 40, 101-102, 264-265.
- Zangilan at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
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