Sarnaghbyur / Aghbulag
Սառնաղբյուր / Ağbulaq | |
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Coordinates: 39°52′33″N 46°53′49″E / 39.87583°N 46.89694°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojaly |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 107 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Sarnaghbyur ( Armenian: Սառնաղբյուր) or Aghbulag ( Azerbaijani: Ağbulaq) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, it was de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh as a village in its Askeran Province. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, the cave-shrine of Htsut ( Armenian: Հցուտ), and St. George's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi) built in 1875. [1]
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. The community of Sarnaghbyur includes the village of Dahraz. [1]
The village had 97 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 107 inhabitants in 2015. [1]