Sardarashen / Sardarkend
Սարդարաշեն / Sərdarkənd | |
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Coordinates: 39°59′22″N 46°45′43″E / 39.98944°N 46.76194°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojaly |
Elevation | 1,004 m (3,294 ft) |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 137 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Sardarashen ( Armenian: Սարդարաշեն) or Sardarkend ( Azerbaijani: Sərdarkənd) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. It was under the de facto control of breakaway Republic of Artsakh until the Azerbaijani takeover of the region in 2023. [2]
The modern village was founded in the 1760s. [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 the cave of Chngl ( Armenian: Չնգլ), the village of Norshen ( Armenian: Նորշեն) from between the 12th and 19th centuries, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, the 18th-century St. George's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and a 19th/20th-century shrine. [1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre. [1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population. It had 181 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 137 inhabitants in 2015. [1]