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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Çormanlı

Garnakar (Armenian: Գառնաքար) or Chormanly (Azerbaijani: Çormanlı) is a village that is located in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 9th-century Hamami Church (Armenian: Համամի եկեղեցի, romanizedHamami Yekeghetsi), the church of Hangats (Armenian: Հանգած) from between the 11th and 13th centuries, the fortress of Natarin (Armenian: Նատարին) or Ded (Armenian: Դեդ), the church of Mughdusi (Armenian: Մուղդուսի), two villages – one of them named Hamami Dzor (Armenian: Համամի ձոր), a cemetery and khachkars from between the 12th and the 13th centuries, the Mughdusi Cave, and an 18th/19th-century cemetery.

Economy and culture

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

Demographics

The village had 124 inhabitants in 2005, and 161 inhabitants in 2015.

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. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.