Official Name: | Sardarashen / Sardarkend |
Native Name: | Սարդարաշեն / Sərdarkənd |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Khojaly |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 137 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.9894°N 46.7619°W |
Elevation M: | 1004 |
Sardarashen (hy|Սարդարաշեն) or Sardarkend (az|Sərdarkənd) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
The modern village was founded in the 1760s.[4] During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the cave of Chngl (hy|Չնգլ), the village of Norshen (hy|Նորշեն) from between the 12th and 19th centuries, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, the 18th-century St. George's Church (hy|Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and a 19th/20th-century shrine.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population. It had 181 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 137 inhabitants in 2015.[1]