Əhmədli, Lachin
Əhmədli (Ahmedli) is a village in the Lachin 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 the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Herik (Armenian: Հերիկ). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 17th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi).
Notable people
- Nazim Ahmedli (born 1953), the Director of the Literary Literature Affiliate Bureau of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers.
References
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ "Saint Gevorg Church of Herik". monumentwatch.org.
- ^ "Learn More about Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic): Kashatagh". armedia.am. 11 February 2023.
External links
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