Berkadzor

Berkadzor

Բերքաձոր
Berkadzor Բերքաձոր
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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.

Toponymy

The village is also known as Armenabad.

History

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

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE.^[1]

Economy and culture

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]

Demographics

The village had 165 inhabitants in 2005,^[3] and 195 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
^ "Death toll from fuel depot blast in Karabakh rises to 170, Armenpress reports". Reuters. 2023-09-29. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
^ "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 2013-01-09.

External links

Berkadzor at GEOnet Names Server

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[2015statistics-1] Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".

[2] "Death toll from fuel depot blast in Karabakh rises to 170, Armenpress reports". Reuters. 2023-09-29. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.

[2005nkrcensus-3] "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 2013-01-09.

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v t e Askeran Province
Capital: Askeran
Urban communities	Askeran
Rural communities	Astghashen Aygestan Berkadzor Dahrav Dahraz Dashushen Harav Hilis Hovsepavan Ivanyan Jamilli Karmirgyugh Khachen Khachmach Khandzk Khnapat Khnatsakh Khndzristan Khramort Krasni Kyatuk Lusadzor Mkhitarashen Nakhijevanik Nerkin Sznek Noragyugh Patara Parukh Rev Sardarashen Sarnaghbyur Sarushen Shosh Tsaghkashat Urakhach Varazabun Vardadzor Verin Sznek
Not under Artsakh control	Akna Aknaghbyur Armenakavan Avetaranots Jraghatsner Madatashen Moshkhmhat Sghnakh Ughtasar