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Güləbird

Coordinates: 39°28′48″N 46°36′31″E / 39.48000°N 46.60861°E / 39.48000; 46.60861
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Güləbird
Güləbird is located in Azerbaijan
Güləbird
Güləbird
Güləbird is located in East Zangezur Economic Region
Güləbird
Güləbird
Coordinates: 39°28′48″N 46°36′31″E / 39.48000°N 46.60861°E / 39.48000; 46.60861
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictLachin
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total221
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Güləbird (Gulabird) or Tsaghkaberd (Armenian: Ծաղկաբերդ, lit. 'castle of flowers') is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

History

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Gulabird, then called Kulaberd in Armenian (Armenian: Կուլաբերդ), was the easternmost fortification of the Armenian Principality of Kapan (1722-1730) formed by the commander Davit Bek following the Syunik Rebellion, it is also where the modern-day village gets its name.[2]

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in August 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Tsaghkaberd (Armenian: Ծաղկաբերդ, lit.'castle of flowers'). It was seized by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

Economy

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Gulabird hydroelectric power station on Hakari (river)

After returning to Azerbaijan control, the Gulabird hydroelectric power plant was declared reopened in 2021.[4] It is a small 8 MW power plant.[5]

Historical heritage sites

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Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cave, the 12th/13th-century rock-cut church of Kronk (Armenian: Քրոնք), and the 17th/18th-century bridge of Kotrats (Armenian: Կոտրած).[1]

Demographics

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The village had 271 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 221 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Ayvazyan 2006, p. 63.
  3. ^ "İşğaldan azad olunan şəhər, qəsəbə və kəndlərimiz".
  4. ^ HEP station opens
  5. ^ "Reconstruction of HPP in liberated Lachin region nearing completion". Azernews.Az. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  6. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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