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'''Zangilan'''{{efn|Also anglicized as ''Zangelan''}} ({{Lang-az|Zəngilan}}, {{IPA-az|zænɟiˈlɑn|pron|Az-Zangilan.ogg}}) is a city in [[Azerbaijan]] and the administrative centre of the [[Zangilan District]]. It is situated along the [[Voghji (river)|Voghji]] river. |
'''Zangilan'''{{efn|Also anglicized as ''Zangelan''}} ({{Lang-az|Zəngilan}}, {{IPA-az|zænɟiˈlɑn|pron|Az-Zangilan.ogg}} , {{Lang-hy|Kovsakan (Քաշունիք)}}) is a city in [[Azerbaijan]] and the administrative centre of the [[Zangilan District]]. It is situated along the [[Voghji (river)|Voghji]] river. |
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Revision as of 17:16, 18 June 2022
Zangilan
Zəngilan | |
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  Zangilan  Zangilan | |
| Coordinates: 39°05′14.0″N 46°39′04.3″E / 39.087222°N 46.651194°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Zangilan |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 500 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC) |
Zangilan[a] (Azerbaijani: Zəngilan, pronounced [zænɟiˈlɑn] , Armenian: Kovsakan (Քաշունիք)) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Zangilan District. It is situated along the Voghji river.
History
After the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the nineteenth century, Zangilan (then called Pirchivan) became part of the Zangezur Uyezd of the Russian Empire's Elisabethpol Governorate. According to 1886 census data, there were 50 homes and 211 Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census) of the Shiite branch of Islam in Pirchivan.[2] According to the 1912 "Caucasian Calendar", the village of Zangilan was home to 762 people, the majority of whom were Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census).[3]
Pirchivan I and Pirchivan II were part of the village council of the same name in the Zangilan District of the Azerbaijan SSR during the early Soviet period in 1933. Pirchivan I was the administrative centre of the district, with 574 residents and 95 farms, while Pirchivan II had 148 residents and 35 farms. The village council's population, which also included the villages of Genlik, Malatkeşin, and Tağlı, was 98.7 percent Azerbaijani.[4]
Pirchivan was classified as an urban-type settlement and renamed Zangilan by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic on 31 August 1957. It was given city status in 1967.[5] The city had a railway station on the Baku-Nakhchivan branch line, as well as a state farm for wine production.[6] The city had a population of 6,968 people according to the Soviet Census of 1989.[7]
During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War on 29 October 1993, Armenian forces occupied the village, forcing the Azerbaijani population to flee.[8] It was later incorporated into the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Kovsakan (Armenian: Քաշունիք). Following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, Armenian refugees from Syria, mostly farmers, settled in the city.[9][10][11] Azerbaijan described the settlement of Syrian Armenians on its internationally recognised territory as a violation of international law that impended the peace process.[12]
Azerbaijan recaptured the city on 20 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.[13] On 23 December 2020, President Ilham Aliyev raised the Azerbaijani flag in the city.[14]
Demographics
| Year | Population | Ethnic composition | Source | ||||||||
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| 1886 | 211 | 100% Tatars (i.e. Azerbaijanis) | Transcaucasian Statistical Committee[2] | ||||||||
| 1912 | 762 | Mostly Tatars | Caucasian Calendar[3] | ||||||||
| 1939 | 1,103 | 83% Azerbaijanis, 10.1% Russians, 4.9% Armenians | Soviet Census[15] | ||||||||
| 1959 | 2,980 | 98.3% Azerbaijanis, 0.8% Russians, 0.2% Armenians | Soviet Census[16] | ||||||||
| 1970 | 4,103 | 98.6% Azerbaijanis, 0.7% Russians, 0.3% Armenians | Soviet Census[17] | ||||||||
| 1979 | 5,012 | 96.1% Azerbaijanis, 3.6% Russians, 0.1% Armenians | Soviet Census[18] | ||||||||
| 1989 | 6,968 | Soviet Census[7] | |||||||||
| 1991 | ~7,200 | Great Encyclopedic Dictionary[19] | |||||||||
| 29 October 1993: Occupation of Zangilan. Expulsion of Azerbaijani population | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 500 | ~100% Armenians | NKR estimate[1] | ||||||||
Gallery
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Roundabout in central Zangilan -
Old khachkar -
New khachkar
References
- ^ Also anglicized as Zangelan
- ^ a b "Urban communities of the NKR" (PDF). stat-nkr.am. National Statistical Service of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. 1 January 2015. p. 13.
- ^ a b Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказскаго края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г. Tiflis: Transcaucasian Statistical Committee. 1893. p. 255.
- ^ a b Кавказский календарь на 1912 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Канцелярия Кавказского Наместника. 1911. p. 155. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Административное деление АССР [Administrative divisions of the ASSR] (in Russian). AzUNKHU. 1933. p. 101.
- ^ Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. Baku. 1980. p. 317.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Зангелан" [Zangelan]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. Moscow. 1972. p. 329.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г." www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru.
- ^ "Tarixi". Azərbaycan Respublikası Zəngilan Rayon İcra Hakimiyyəti (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Armenia: Syrian Refugees Resettling in Occupied Azerbaijani Territory". EurasiaNet. 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Syrian-Armenians in NKR benefit from AGBU agricultural program". Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Armenia: refugees in the military". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ Ghazaryan, Hayk; Sultanova, Shahla. "Карабах может стать второй родиной для сирийских армян". Institute for War and Peace Reporting (in Russian). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "President Ilham Aliyev: Zangilan city and 6 villages of the district, 18 villages of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, and Khojavand districts liberated". mod.gov.az. 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva visited Gubadli and Zangilan districts". president.az. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Этнокавказ. Национальный состав населения Зангеланского района по переписи 1939 года".
- ^ "Этнокавказ. Национальный состав населения Зангеланского района по переписи 1959 года".
- ^ "Этнокавказ. Национальный состав населения Зангеланского района по переписи 1970 года".
- ^ "Этнокавказ. Национальный состав населения Зангеланского района по переписи 1979 года".
- ^ "ЗАНГЕЛАН" [ZANGELAN]. Great Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. 2000.
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