Umudlu, Nagorno-Karabakh

Umudlu (Armenian: Ումութլու, romanized: Umutlu) or Aknaberd (Armenian: Ակնաբերդ, also Akanaberd Ականաբերդ, and Akana Ականա) is a village de facto in the Shahumyan Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Tartar 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]

For other places with the same name, see Umudlu.
Umudlu / Aknaberd
Ումութլու / Ակնաբերդ
Umudlu / Aknaberd is located in Republic of Artsakh
Umudlu / Aknaberd
Umudlu / Aknaberd
Umudlu / Aknaberd is located in Azerbaijan
Umudlu / Aknaberd
Umudlu / Aknaberd
Coordinates: 40°11′42″N 46°35′25″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceShahumyan
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictTartar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total586
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

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.

Economy and culture

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

Demographics

According to the "Statistical Data on the Population of the Transcaucasian Territory, Extracted from Family Lists of 1886"[lower-alpha 1], Umudlu had 241 Tatar (Azerbaijani) inhabitants, with 52 belonging to the upper Muslim class.[3] According to the 1912 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the village had 362 residents, most of whom were Tatars.[4] According to the 1921 census of the Azerbaijan SSR, the village had 304 Azerbaijani inhabitants.[5] The village also had an Azerbaijani-majority population in 1991.[6] The entire population of the village was evacuated in February 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[7] The village was settled by Armenians after the war.

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 482 inhabitants in 2005,[8] and 586 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Russian: Свода статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 года
  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. Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г.. — Тф., 1893. — p. 244.
  4. Кавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. p. 212. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
  5. "Данные переписи населения АзССР 1921 года по Джрабердскому району". karabagh.am (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2019.
  6. "ТЕРРОРИСТЫ ПИРАТСТВУЮТ". sumgait.info (in Russian). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. "Bu günə olan İşğal tariximizdən: Ağdərə, Çərəkdar, Narınclar, Umudlu..." karabachaserbaidschan.wordpress.com. 7 July 2020.
  8. Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)
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