Qarasaqqal, Lachin

Coordinates: 39°50′56″N 46°23′09″E / 39.84889°N 46.38583°E / 39.84889; 46.38583
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39°50′56″N 46°23′09″E / 39.84889°N 46.38583°E / 39.84889; 46.38583

Qarasaqqal
Qarasaqqal is located in Azerbaijan
Qarasaqqal
Qarasaqqal
Coordinates: 39°50′56″N 46°23′09″E / 39.84889°N 46.38583°E / 39.84889; 46.38583
Country Azerbaijan
RayonLachin
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Qarasaqqal is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.[1][2]

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 self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province.

It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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 2021-06-09.
  2. ^ Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLIKASININ QANUNU, Baku, 1999-10-05, retrieved on 2021-06-09