Vardadzor / Pirjamal
Վարդաձոր / Pircamal | |
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Coordinates: 39°54′01″N 46°53′04″E / 39.90028°N 46.88444°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojaly |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 267 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Vardadzor ( Armenian: Վարդաձոր) or Pirjamal ( Armenian: Փիրջամալ; Azerbaijani: Pircamal) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
The village was founded in the 12th century. The village was destroyed during the Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907, and was later rebuilt in 1918. [3] 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 a 17th/18th-century shrine, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin ( Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'). [1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture and a medical centre. Students study in the secondary school of the neighboring village of Nakhichevanik. The community of Vardadzor includes the village of Varazabun. [1]
The village had 223 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 267 inhabitants in 2015. [1]