Mərcimək

Mərcimək is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The name translates to "Lentil" because lentils were grown there. A local legend claims that two people made a bet that plants could not be grown in that village. The other told the person to plant lentils, and the plant thrived.

History

In 1993, Mərcimək was occupied by the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, and was liberatied by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in 2020.