Dəmirçilər, Khojali

Dəmirçilər (Damirchilar) or Jraghatsner (Armenian: Ջրաղացներ) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[1]

Dəmirçilər

Ջրաղացներ   Jraghatsner
Ruins of Hunot mills near the village
Dəmirçilər
Coordinates: 39°42′47″N 46°50′30″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)
  Total132
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]

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