Minkend

Minkend (Azerbaijani: Minkənd; and Hak – Armenian: Հակ) is a village in the Lachin district of Azerbaijan. Since May 17, 1992, the village, together with the rest of Lachin district, has been occupied by the Armenian military.[1][2][3]

Minkənd
Հակ
Minkənd
Հակ
Coordinates: 39°42′34″N 46°15′14″E
CountryDe jure Azerbaijan
De facto Nagorno-Karabakh
Rayon
Province		Lachin
Qashatagh
Time zoneUTC+4 (UTC)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (UTC)

Geography

The village is located on the west bank of the Hakari River and in the northern part of Lachin district, 320 km from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

History

According to the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Minkend had a population of 902, of whom 506 were Armenians and 396 were Kurds.[4]

In 1905, 140 Armenian inhabitants of the village were killed and 40 wounded during the Armenian-Tatar massacres.[5]

Economy

References
  1. Negotiating a black hole, published in the Guardian
  2. Lachin: The Emptying Lands Institute for War & Peace Reporting
  3. U.S. Department of State - 1993 UN Security Council Resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh
  4. Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи, 1897 г. т.63 Елисаветопольская губерния. Н.А.Тройницкий, С.-Петербург, 1904. стр. 31
  5. Villari, Luigi. Fire and Sword in the Caucasus. London: T. F. Unwin, 1906 ISBN 0-7007-1624-6 p. 2199
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