Yeni Zod
Yeni Zod (Armenian: Ազատ, romanized: Azat) is a village and municipality in the Goygol District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
In 1989, the village became home to ethnic Azeri refugees from Sotk (Zod) in Armenia. The village became the new municipal seat known as Yeni Zod ("New Zod").
Toponymy
The village was known as Azad until 1999.
History
The village was a part of the Getashen subdistrict which participated in the Artsakh declaration of independence.
Demographics
The village has a population of 1,216.
References
- ^ Samvel Karapetian (2007). Northern Artsakh (PDF). Research on Armenian Architecture.
- ^ "Məmurlar Gəncəbasarda kəndləri işğal edib - Şok faktlar - FOTO". faktxeber.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-26.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında". e-qanun.az. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03.
- ^ "Географическая карта - Азад (село) (Yeni Zod)". mapnall.com (in Russian).
- ^ Murovdan bir az bəri... Yeni Zod kəndində keçirilən səyyar qəbuldan reportaj. Xalg gazeti. 27 January 2015.
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