Aşağı Ağcakənd
40°25′20″N 46°33′36″E / 40.42222°N 46.56000°E
Aşağı Ağcakənd | |
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Municipality | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Goranboy |
| Population | |
| • Total | 207 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Aşağı Ağcakənd (formerly Shaumyan) is a village in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the villages of Aşağı Ağcakənd, Yuxarı Ağcakənd and Meşəli.[1]
During Soviet times Aşağı Ağcakənd was officially named Shaumian after the Bolshevik leader Stepan Shahumyan. In December 1991 with the Soviet Union imploding, Shaumian was claimed by the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic even though it had not fallen within the Soviet boundaries of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. It became the focus for considerable fighting which reached a climax in summer 1992 when most of the area was retaken by the Azerbaijan army. Damage was severe and the population, then predominantly ethnic-Armenian, fled.
Today Aşağı Ağcakənd town remains noticeably war-damaged but has been partly re-populated by ethnic Azerbaijani refugees[2] and idps.
References
- ^ Template:AJmuni
- ^ Trailblazer "Azerbaijan with Excursions to Georgia", Hindhead, UK, 2004; p245
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