Vardadzor (Armenian: Վարդաձոր) or Pirjamal (Armenian: Փիրջամալ; Azerbaijani: Pircamal) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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]
Vardadzor / Pirjamal
Վարդաձոր / Pircamal | |
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 A view of the village | |
  Vardadzor / Pirjamal  Vardadzor / Pirjamal | |
| Coordinates: 39°54′01″N 46°53′04″E / 39.90028°N 46.88444°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 267 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editThe village was founded in the 12th century. The village was destroyed during the Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907, and was later rebuilt in 1918.[4] During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
editHistorical heritage sites in and around the village include a 17th/18th-century shrine, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[1]
Economy and culture
editThe population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture and a medical centre. Students study in the secondary school of the neighboring village of Nakhichevanik. The community of Vardadzor includes the village of Varazabun.[1]
Demographics
editThe village had 223 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 267 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Gallery
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River
References
edit- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
