Dəmirçilər, Khojaly

Damirchilar (Azerbaijani: Dəmirçilər) or Jraghatsner (Armenian: Ջրաղացներ) 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]

Damirchilar / Jraghatsner
Dəmirçilər / Ջրաղացներ
Ruins of Hunot mills near the village
Ruins of Hunot mills near the village
Damirchilar / Jraghatsner is located in Azerbaijan
Damirchilar / Jraghatsner
Damirchilar / Jraghatsner
Damirchilar / Jraghatsner is located in Republic of Artsakh
Damirchilar / Jraghatsner
Damirchilar / Jraghatsner
Coordinates: 39°42′47″N 46°50′30″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total132
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the Banunts Church (Armenian: Բանունց եկեղեցի, romanized: Banunts Yekeghetsi), the 13th-century church of Surb Vanes (Armenian: Սուրբ Վանես), and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1882.[1]

Demographics

The village had 117 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 132 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. "Daha 23 kənd işğaldan azad edildi".
  4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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