:Berkadzor
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Berkadzor ({{langx|hy|Բերքաձոր}}) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population{{cite web |url=https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |title=Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война |author=Андрей Зубов |date= |website=drugoivzgliad.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.{{Cite news |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |date=2 October 2023 |title=‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/nagorno-karabakh-ghost-town-un-ethnic-armenians-azerbaijan |access-date=9 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077}} The village was founded in 1998.
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. On 25 September 2023, amid the exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region, a fuel depot in Berkadzor exploded, resulting in the deaths of at least 170 people and over 300 injuries.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-29 |title=Death toll from fuel depot blast in Karabakh rises to 170, Armenpress reports |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/death-toll-fuel-depot-blast-karabakh-rises-170-media-2023-09-29/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930005615/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/death-toll-fuel-depot-blast-karabakh-rises-170-media-2023-09-29/ |archive-date=30 September 2023}}
Historical heritage sites
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.
Demographics
The village had 165 inhabitants in 2005,{{Cite web|url=http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|title=The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|website=National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh|access-date=2013-01-09|archive-date=2011-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302100506/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|url-status=dead}} and 195 inhabitants in 2015.
References
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External links
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{{Askeran Province}}
{{Khojaly District}}
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Category:Populated places in Khojaly District
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