Garabulag / Aknaghbyur Qarabulaq / Ակնաղբյուր
Garabulag / Aknaghbyur
Coordinates: 39°42′18″N 46°51′54″E / 39.70500°N 46.86500°E / 39.70500; 46.86500
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]

History

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

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]

Demographics

The village had 578 inhabitants in 2005,^[4] and 612 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

References

External links

• Qarabulaq, Khojaly at GEOnet Names Server

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