Kərkicahan

Kərkicahan (Karkijahan) is a village de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh which considers it part of the city of Stepanakert. The village had an Azerbaijani majority prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 28 December 1991.[1]. It was renamed Krkjan (Armenian: Քրքջան) during Armenian occupation.[2]

Kərkicahan
Old image of Kərkicahan
Kərkicahan
Coordinates: 39°48′13″N 46°45′01″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
District
Province		Khojaly (de jure)
Askeran (de facto)
Elevation
997 m (3,271 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total1,764
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

In July 1919, the village was looted as part of the Khaibalikend Massacre by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers.[3][4]

References
  1. "Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...)". iriston.com.
  2. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AJ/64/Karkicahan.html
  3. Hovannisian, Richard. The Republic of Armenia: Vol. I, The First Year, 1918-1919. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, pp. 176-177, notes 51-52.
  4. (in Armenian) Vratsian, Simon. Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն (The Republic of Armenia). Paris: H.H.D. Amerikayi Publishing, 1928, pp. 286-87.
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