Varnkatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh

Varnkatagh / Lulasaz

Վարնկաթաղ / Lüləsaz
Varnkatagh / Lulasaz Վարնկաթաղ / Lüləsaz
	Varnkatagh / Lulasaz
	Coordinates: 40°16′40″N 46°43′45″E / 40.27778°N 46.72917°E
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Aghdara
Population (2015)
• Total	95
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Varnkatagh (Armenian: Վարնկաթաղ) or Lulasaz (Armenian: Լուլասազ; Azerbaijani: Lüləsaz) is a village located in the Aghdara District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population^[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.^[3]

Toponymy

The village was known as Hakob Kamari (Armenian: Հակոբ Կամարի; Russian: Акоп Камари, romanized: Akop Kamari) during the Soviet period.^[4]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, the Varnkatagh branch of the Maghavuz Secondary School, and a medical centre.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 68 inhabitants in 2005,^[5] and 95 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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[2015statistics-1] Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".

[2] Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.

[3] Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[sovietmap-4] Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.

[2005nkrcensus-5] "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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v t e Martakert Province
Capital: Martakert
Urban communities	Martakert
Rural communities	Aghabekalanj Arajadzor Chankatagh Chapar Chldran Drmbon Garnakar Ghazarahogh Getavan Harutyunagomer Haterk Imar Jraberd Khnkavan Kichan Kmkadzor Kochoghot Kolatak Kusapat Maghavuz Mehmana Mets Shen Mokhratagh Nareshtar Nerkin Horatagh Nor Ghazanchi Poghosagomer Seysulan Shahmasur Tblghu Tonashen Tsaghkashen Tsmakahogh Vaghuhas Vank Vardadzor Varnkatagh Verin Horatagh Zaglik Zardakhach
Not under Artsakh control	Andzavner Aygestan Dashtaglukh Hovtashen Karmiravan Levonarkh Mataghis Maragha Nor Aygestan Nor Haykajur Nor Karmiravan Nor Maragha Nor Seysulan Talish