Vağazin

Vaghazin (Azerbaijani: Vağazin; Armenian: Վաղազին) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

Vağazin
Vağazin is located in Azerbaijan
Vağazin
Vağazin
Coordinates: 39°46′37″N 46°28′50″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictLachin
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total53
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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 Kashatagh Province. It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Demographics

The village had 58 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 53 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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