Berkadzor

Berkadzor (Armenian: Բերքաձոր) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and was founded in 1998.

Berkadzor
Բերքաձոր
Berkadzor
Berkadzor
Coordinates: 39°52′34″N 46°46′54″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceAskeran
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Founded1998
Elevation
619 m (2,031 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total195
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Toponymy

The village is also known as Armenabad.

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd-1st millennia BCE.[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as in different state institutions. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 165 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 195 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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