Urakhach
Urakhach / Ulubaba Ուրախաչ / Ուլուպապ | |
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Coordinates: 40°01′10″N 46°41′45″E / 40.01944°N 46.69583°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojaly |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Urakhach (Armenian: Ուրախաչ, also Urukhach, Ուրուխաչ) or Ulubaba[1] (Armenian: Ուլուպապ, romanized: Ulupap) is a village in the Khojaly 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]
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Economy and culture
The village is part of the community of Khachen. As of 2015, the village is uninhabited.[4]
References
- ^ "İnzi̇bati̇ Ərazi̇ Bölgüsü Təsni̇fati, 2019" (PDF). stat.gov.az.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".