Ataqut

Ataqut (Atagut) or Taghut (Armenian: Թաղուտ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Atagut / Taghut
Ataqut / Թաղուտ
Atagut / Taghut
Atagut / Taghut
Coordinates: 39°34′11″N 46°57′43″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total205
Time zoneUTC+4

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

The village was part of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh since 2 September 1991 its referendum and declaration of independence and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province. The village had 198 inhabitants in 2005.[3] The village was captured by armed forces of Turkish-Azerbaijani coalition and mercenaries from Syrian Turkomans[4][5] on 7 November 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[6]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  4. "BBC: Syrian mercenaries in Nagorno-Karabakh".
  5. "Eurasianet: Armenia convicts two Syrians for fighting for Azerbaijan".
  6. "Алиев заявил о взятии ряда населенных пунктов в Карабахе". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-07.
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