Bina / Tumi | |
Native Name: | Binə / Տումի |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Khojavend |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 746 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.5831°N 46.9014°W |
Bina (az|Binə; hy|Բինա) or Tumi (hy|Տումի) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
The village was known as Domi (hy|Դոմի; ru|Домы; az|Domı) during the Soviet period.[3]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
The village was administered by the Republic of Artsakh as part of its Hadrut Province after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was captured in 9 November 2020 by Azerbaijani forces during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war with the Armenian population of the village having previously evacuated.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 9th and 19th centuries, the 11th-century Church of the Red Cross (hy|Եկեղեցի Կարմիր Խաչ|Yekeghetsi Karmir Khach), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a 12th/13th-century bridge, the fortress of Ghlen Kar (hy|Ղլեն Քար, also known as Dizapayt Fortress and Gorozaberd, Armenian: Գոռոզաբերդ) from between the 13th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century spring monument.[1]
The village had 760 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 746 inhabitants in 2015.[1]