Imar, Nagorno-Karabakh

Imar (Armenian: Իմար) or Karamli (Azerbaijani: Kərəmli) is a village that is, de facto, in the Martakert Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh; de jure, it is in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their expulsion during the Nagorno-Karabakh war.[1]

Imar / Karamli
Իմար / Kərəmli
Imar / Karamli is located in Republic of Artsakh
Imar / Karamli
Imar / Karamli
Imar / Karamli is located in Azerbaijan
Imar / Karamli
Imar / Karamli
Coordinates: 40°09′51.9″N 46°26′54.6″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartakert
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Elevation
1,155 m (3,789 ft)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Toponymy

The village was previously known as Imarat Garvand (Azerbaijani: İmarət Qərvənd).[2]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

The human rights organisation Memorial reported about the forced expulsion of the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village in 1991, along with several other Azerbaijani villages around the area. The village was fully burned to the ground by Armenian forces.[3]

References
  1. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. "KƏLBƏCƏR RAYONUNUN BƏZİ TOPONİMLƏRİNİN TARİXİ-COĞRAFİ MƏNŞƏYİ HAQQINDA". yerveinsan.az (in Azerbaijani). Yer və İnsan. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. "СОБЫТИЯ, ПРЕДШЕСТВУЮЩИЕ ШТУРМУ ХОДЖАЛЫ". memo.ru (in Russian). Memorial. Archived from the original on 2010-07-31.
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