Yenikənd, Kalbajar

Place in Kalbajar, Azerbaijan

39°58′59.2″N 46°25′17.3″E / 39.983111°N 46.421472°E / 39.983111; 46.421472Country

AzerbaijanDistrictKalbajarTime zoneUTC+4 (AZT) • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Yenikənd (Yenikend) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.^[1]^[2]

History

The village was occupied by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and administrated as part of Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. It was renamed Chrag during its occupation.

On 25 November 2020, the village was returned to Azerbaijan per the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

References

^ Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (2019). "İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı" (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). stat.gov.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
^ Təhməzov, Mazahir (2013). Kəlbəcər. Ensiklopedik məlumatlar (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-9952-453-11-9. Retrieved 2021-02-13.