Kərkənc

Kərkənc (also, Kerkench) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 731. Until 1989 it was known as predominantly populated by ethnic Armenians. Between May and July 1989 the Armenian population of Kərkənc effected an amicable village exchange with the then-Azerbaijani population of Kizil Shafaq (now known as Dzyunashogh) in Armenia.[1][2]

Kərkənc
Municipality
Kərkənc
Coordinates: 40°35′01″N 48°34′03″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonShamakhi
Population
 • Total731
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

References
  1. BEYOND THE KARABAKH CONFLICT: The Story of Village Exchange - book about the population swap by Sevil Huseynova, Arsen Hakobyan, & Sergey Rumyantsev
  2. Arsen Hakobyan's article on the village exchange


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