Karki, Azerbaijan

Karki (Azerbaijani: Kərki) or Tigranashen (Armenian: Տիգրանաշեն) is a village that is de jure an enclave of Azerbaijan, de facto under the control of Armenia, administered within the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province. The main highway connecting northern Armenia with southern Armenia passes right by the village. The village is today mostly inhabited by Armenians, both locals and refugees from Azerbaijan.[2]

Karki
Kərki
Karki is located in Azerbaijan
Karki
Karki
Karki is located in Armenia
Karki
Karki
Coordinates: 39°47′08″N 44°56′37″E
Country (de jure)Azerbaijan
 • DistrictSadarak
Country (de facto)Armenia
 • ProvinceArarat
 • MunicipalityArarat
Area
 • Total19 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total154
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Geography

The village is located on the bank of the Akhuryan River near the Yerevan–Jermuk highway, which is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from the district centre. The area of the village itself is 950 hectares (2,300 acres).[3]

History

The village was captured by Armenian forces on 19 January 1990, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[4][5][6][7]

Since May 1992, following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Karki has been controlled by Armenia, which administers the 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) territory as part of its Ararat Province.[8]

After the war, many of the former inhabitants of Karki resettled in a new village, Yeni Kərki (New Karki), created within the Kangarli District of Azerbaijan.[9][10][11]

Demographics

According to the 1910 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, Karki (Кярки) had a predominantly Tatar[lower-alpha 1] population of 244 in 1908.[14] This number increased slightly to 245 in 1911.[15]

The village had a present population of 151, and a permanent population of 154 in 2011.[1]

  • View of the village from north-south Armenian highway.
    View of the village from north-south Armenian highway.

See also

Notes
  1. Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".[12][13]

References
  1. "Մարդահամար 2011, ՀՀ Արարատի մարզի առկա և մշտակա բնակչությունն ըստ վարչատարածքային միավորների և սեռի" (PDF).
  2. Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.
  3. Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.
  4. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 294. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  5. "Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic". Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  6. Kərkinin taleyi
  7. Sadarak District Court
  8. Archived November 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  9. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
  10. "Kərkinin taleyi". Archived from the original on 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  11. Sadarak District Court
  12. Bournoutian 2018, p. 35 (note 25).
  13. Tsutsiev 2014, p. 50.
  14. Кавказский календарь на 1910 год.
  15. Кавказский календарь на 1912 год.

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