Garabulag / Aknaghbyur
Qarabulaq / Ակնաղբյուր | |
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Coordinates: 39°42′18″N 46°51′54″E / 39.70500°N 46.86500°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Khojaly |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 612 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Garabulag (Azerbaijani: Qarabulaq) or Aknaghbyur (Armenian: Ակնաղբյուր) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The village was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), a 19th-century watermill, and a 20th-century bridge.[1]
The village had 578 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 612 inhabitants in 2015.[1]