Berkadzor
Բերքաձոր | |
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Coordinates: 39°52′34″N 46°46′54″E / 39.87611°N 46.78167°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojaly |
Founded | 1998 |
Elevation | 619 m (2,031 ft) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 195 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Berkadzor (Armenian: Բերքաձոր) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, it was under the control of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Askeran Province, and had an ethnic Armenian-majority population. The village was founded in 1998.
The village is also known as Armenabad.
During the Soviet period, the area around the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. On 25 September 2023, amid the exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region, a fuel depot in Berkadzor exploded, resulting in the deaths of at least 170 people and over 300 injuries.[2]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as in different state institutions. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 165 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 195 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Capital: Askeran | ||
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Not under Artsakh control |