Charektar
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Charektar
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| • District | Aghdara |
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Charektar (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a village in the Aghdara District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their exodus during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2] Before 2023, it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its claimed Shahumyan Province.
Etymology
The name Charektar is of Persian origin.[3]
History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, and was incorporated into the Shahumyan Province of the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 12th/13th-century Charektar Monastery and a 12th/13th-century khachkar.[1]
Economy and culture
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics
In 1912, the village had 199 inhabitants, mostly Caucasian Tatars (Azerbaijanis).[4] In 1993 the village had 202 Azerbaijani inhabitants.[5] The inhabitants of the village fled during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Charektar was subsequently settled by Armenians.
The village had an Armenian-majority population of 159 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 262 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Gallery
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Arsène Saparov (2017-09-01). "Contested spaces: the use of place-names and symbolic landscape in the politics of identity and legitimacy in Azerbaijan". Central Asian Survey. 36 (4): 534–554. doi:10.1080/02634937.2017.1350139. S2CID 149221754.
- ^ Caucasian Calendar 1912. p.223
- ^ Административное деление АССР. — Баку: Издание АзУНХУ, 1933.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
External links
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- [[[:Template:GEOnet name search]] Charektar] at GEOnet Names Server
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