Zülfüqarlı


Zülfüqarlı is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

History

Zülfüqarlı is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan's Karabakh region, situated along the Tutqun River.
It is believed that the village is named after the legendary sword Zulfiqar used by Ali.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Shahumyan Province, referred to as Zuar. It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Economy

The Istisu thermal spring is located close to the village. It can be used as a geothermal energy source.

Demographics

The village had 73 inhabitants in 2005, and 103 inhabitants in 2015.