Karki () or Tigranashen () is a village that is ''

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'' an

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Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

, '' de facto'' under the control of

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

, administered within the

Ararat Municipality Ararat (, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republi ...

of the

Ararat Province Ararat (, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz (territorial entity), marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat, Armenia, Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It i ...

. The main highway connecting northern Armenia with southern Armenia passes right by the village. Today the village is mostly inhabited by Armenians, both locals and refugees from Azerbaijan.

Geography

The village is located on the bank of the Akhuryan River near the

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

–

Jermuk Jermuk () is a mountain spa town and the centre of the Jermuk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in southern Armenia, at a road distance of east of the provincial capital Yeghegnadzor. It was considered one of the popular destinations for ...

highway, which is away from the district centre. The area of the village itself is .

History

The village was captured by Armenian forces on 19 January 1990, during the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nag ...

. Since May 1992, following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Karki has been controlled by Armenia, which governs the territory as part of its

. After the war, many of the former inhabitants of Karki resettled in a new village,

Yeni Kərki Yeni Kərki is a village and the least populous municipality in the Kangarli District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located near to the Nakhchivan-Sharur highway, 14 km (9 miles) in the north-east from the district center. Its population ...

(New Karki), created within the

Kangarli District Kangarli District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Babek, Sharur, Nakhchivan city, as well as the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia and the West Azerbaijan Pro ...

of Azerbaijan.

Demographics

According to the 1910 publication of ''

Kavkazskiy kalendar ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' (, ) was an annual almanac published in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) in the Russian Empire by the office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus from 1846 to 1917. History ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' contained a large number of ethno ...

'', Karki () had a predominantly Tatar population of 244 in 1908. This number increased slightly to 245 in 1911. The village had a present population of 151, and a permanent population of 154 in 2011.

Gallery

Tigranashen, Armenia.JPG, View of the village from north-south Armenian highway.

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