Karakend (Nagorno-Karabakh)

Qarakənd (Armenian: Բերդաշեն, Berdashen) (also Kara Kana, and Karakend) is a village de facto in the Martuni Province of the Republic of Artsakh and de jure Khojavend Rayon of Azerbaijan. Berdashen means "village of the fortress" in Armenian. Qarakənd means "black village" in the Caucasian Turkic. The area has been controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh since the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Qarakənd
Qarakənd
Coordinates: 39°50′51″N 47°01′49″E
CountryDe facto Nagorno-Karabakh
De jure Azerbaijan
Province
Rayon
Martuni
Khojavend
Elevation
656 m (2,152 ft)
Population
 (2009)
  Total1,500
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

References

View on Berdashen historical museum with giant statue and "Kusaberd" rock on the back
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