Ərikli
Ərikli | |
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  Ərikli  Ərikli | |
| Coordinates: 39°51′02″N 46°24′18″E / 39.85056°N 46.40500°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Lachin |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 12 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Ərikli (Arikli) or Arakhish (Armenian: Արախիշ) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
History[edit]
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 Arakhish (Armenian: Արախիշ). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites[edit]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars from between the 9th and 11th centuries, two cemeteries from between the 9th and 17th centuries, a 12th-century tombstone, the 12th/13th-century church of Arakhish (Արախիշ), the church of Zorakhach (Armenian: Զորախաչ) from 1246, a tombstone from 1295, a 15th/16th-century rock-cut khachkar, a 16th/17th-century khachkar, and two 17th-century tombstones.[1]
Demographics[edit]
The village had 50 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 12 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links[edit]
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