Ağbulaq, Khojavend


Aghbulag or Aknaghbyur is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin.

Demographics

The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989. Prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, it also had an Armenian majority with 330 inhabitants in 2005, and 322 inhabitants in 2015.