Charektar

Charektar (Armenian: Չարեքտար; Azerbaijani: Çərəkdar) is a village de facto in the Shahumyan Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their exodus during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]

Charektar
Չարեքտար
Çərəkdar
Charektar is located in Republic of Artsakh
Charektar
Charektar
Charektar is located in Azerbaijan
Charektar
Charektar
Coordinates: 40°08′44″N 46°20′40″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceShahumyan
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total262
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Etymology

The name Charektar is of Persian origin.[3]

History
The 12th/13th-century Charektar Monastery (Mesropavank)

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, and was incorporated into the Shahumyan Province of the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 12th/13th-century Charektar Monastery and a 12th/13th-century khachkar.[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

In 1912, the village had 199 inhabitants, mostly Caucasian Tatars (Azerbaijanis).[4] In 1993 the village had 202 Azerbaijani inhabitants.[5] The inhabitants of the village fled during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Charektar was subsequently settled by Armenians.

The village had an Armenian-majority population of 159 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 262 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. Arsène Saparov (2017-09-01). "Contested spaces: the use of place-names and symbolic landscape in the politics of identity and legitimacy in Azerbaijan". Central Asian Survey. 36 (4): 534–554. doi:10.1080/02634937.2017.1350139. S2CID 149221754.
  4. Caucasian Calendar 1912. p.223
  5. Административное деление АССР. — Баку: Издание АзУНХУ, 1933.
  6. Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)
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