Muğanlı, Khojavend

39°49′36″N 47°08′28″E / 39.82667°N 47.14111°E / 39.82667; 47.14111

Mughanly
Azerbaijani: Muğanlı
Mughanly
Coordinates: 39°49′36″N 47°08′28″E / 39.82667°N 47.14111°E / 39.82667; 47.14111
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Muğanlı (Mughanly) is a village located in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, it is the centre of the Mughanli rural administrative-territorial country.[1] The village had Azerbaijani-majority prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]

Geography

The village of Mughanli is part of the Mughanli rural administrative-territorial county of Khojavend district, and the village of Mughanli is the centre of this rural administrative-territorial county. It is located at an altitude of 298 m.[1]

History

Under Soviet rule, in 1977, the village of Mughanli was part of Martuni settlement council of the Martuni district of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region (NKAR) of Azerbaijan SSR.[3]

The village of Mughanly was occupied and set on fire by the Armenian Armed Forces on October 2, 1992,[4] during the First Karabakh War.[5]

According to the Trilateral Statement signed on the night of 9-10 November 2020, following the Second Karabakh War, the village came under the control of the Russian peacekeeping forces.[6]

As a result of the fighting operation that took place in September 2023, Azerbaijan restored its control over the village.[7]

Population

In 1921, the village had a population of 309 people, all of whom were Azerbaijanis (referred to as "Azerbaijani Turks").[8]

According to the publication "Administrative Division of ASSR" prepared in 1933 by the Department of National Economic Accounting of the Azerbaijan SSR (AzNEA), as of 1 January 1933, there were 183 people living in Mughanli (50 households, 91 men and 92 women). The ethnic composition of the entire Mughanli village council was 94% Turks (Azerbaijanis).[9]

References

  1. ^ a b İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı. 2024 (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Bakı: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi. 2024. p. 60. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  2. ^ "Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...)". iriston.com.
  3. ^ Tərtib edənlər: Ç. H. İbrahimov və S. A. Melnikov. Redaksiya heyəti: A. M. İsayev, B. Ə. Budaqov, Q. Ə. Qeybullayev. (1979). Azərbaycan SSR İnzibati-ərazi bölgüsü (in azplace=Bakı). Azərnəşr. p. 115. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-02-09.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ "Rayon haqqında | Azərbaycan Respublikası Xocavənd Rayon İcra Hakimiyyəti". xocavend-ih.gov.az. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  5. ^ "Tuğ və Salakətin kəndlərinin Ermənistan silahlı qüvvələri tərəfindən işğal olunmasından 20 il keçir". azertag.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  6. ^ "Qarabağda sülhlə bağlı 7 sual. Bundan qazanan kimdir və sonra nə olacaq?". BBC News Azərbaycanca (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  7. ^ "Xocavənd azadlığına qovuşub". respublika-news.az. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  8. ^ "Данные переписи населения АзССР 1921 года". Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  9. ^ Административное деление АССР. Баку: Издание АзУНХУ. 1933. p. 109.