Garabulag / Aknaghbyur | |
Native Name: | Qarabulaq / Ակնաղբյուր |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Khojaly |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 612 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.705°N 46.865°W |
Garabulag (az|Qarabulaq) or Aknaghbyur (hy|Ակնաղբյուր) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The village was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին,), a 19th-century watermill, and a 20th-century bridge.[1]
The village had 578 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 612 inhabitants in 2015.[1]