Karakend

{{for|the village in Armenia|Berdashen}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Karakend / Berdashen

| native_name = Qarakənd / Բերդաշեն

| image_skyline = Окрестный ландшафт деревни Бердашен.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| pushpin_map = Azerbaijan#Karabakh

| pushpin_mapsize = 300

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Azerbaijan}}

| subdivision_type1 = {{*}} District

| subdivision_name1 = Khojavend

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| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://artsakhlib.am/en/2018/06/06/%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82-%D5%AC%D5%B2%D5%B0-%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AE%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6-%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8/|title=Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)|author=Hakob Ghahramanyan}}

| population_as_of = 2015

| population_total = 1,606

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| timezone = AZT

| utc_offset = +4

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| coordinates = {{suppress categories|{{coord|39|50|51|N|47|01|49|E|region:AZ|display=inline,title}}}}

| elevation_m = 656

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Karakend{{efn|Also anglicized as Karakent or Garakend}} ({{langx|hy|Քարաքենդ}}; {{langx|az|Qarakənd|translation=black village}}), or Berdashen ({{langx|hy|Բերդաշեն|translation=village of the fortress}}) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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= |archive-date=2020-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020150302/https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |url-status=dead }} 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}}