Çıldıran (Childiran) or Chldran (Template:Lang-hy) is a village de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their explusion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]
Çıldıran
Չլդրան • Chldran | |
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  Çıldıran  Çıldıran | |
| Coordinates: 40°06′13″N 46°38′44″E / 40.10361°N 46.64556°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan (de jure) Artsakh (de facto) |
| District | Kalbajar (de jure) |
| Province | Martakert (de facto) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 528 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
Etymology
The name Chldran is of Persian origin.[3]
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Economy and culture
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipality building, a secondary school, nine shops and an aid station.[1]
Demographics
The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population of 467 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 528 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Arsène Saparov (2017-09-01). "Contested spaces: the use of place-names and symbolic landscape in the politics of identity and legitimacy in Azerbaijan". Central Asian Survey. 36 (4): 534–554. doi:10.1080/02634937.2017.1350139.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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