Cilən
Jilan / Saralanj
Cilən / Սարալանջ | |
|---|---|
  Jilan / Saralanj | |
| Coordinates: 39°26′09″N 46°58′11″E / 39.43583°N 46.96972°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 27 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Jilan (Azerbaijani: Cilən) or Saralanj (Armenian: Սարալանջ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
History[edit]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Demographics[edit]
The village had 28 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 27 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
External links[edit]
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