Əfəndilər, Qubadli
Əfəndilər (Afandilar) is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.
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 August 1993. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Aygek (Armenian: Այգեկ). It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 25 October 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a mosque from the early 20th century.
Demographics
The village had 104 inhabitants in 2005, and 94 inhabitants in 2015.
References
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.