Chldran / Childiran
Չլդրան / Çıldıran | |
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Coordinates: 40°06′13″N 46°38′44″E / 40.10361°N 46.64556°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Kalbajar |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 528 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Chldran ( Armenian: Չլդրան) or Childiran ( Azerbaijani: Çıldıran) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The village is made up of six neighborhoods; Vrtskaler, Kyurkoreg, Perin Gomer, Khor Dzor, Pokr Chldran and Ghalunts Tagh. [2]
According to Arsène Saparov, the name of the village is of Persian origin. [3] According to Sergey Melkumyan, the name originated from the name of the ethnically Armenian Chali brothers, due to their patriotism. [2]
The modern village of Chldran was founded in 1905, by settlers from Arajadzor. [2] During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 16th/17th-century church of Karmir Yeghtsi ( Armenian: Կարմիր Եղցի) 300 m to the north, the partially ruined Nahatak Church 2.2 km to the northeast, with an adjacent cemetery with khachkars, and the religious site of Tatver 3.5 km to the northeast. [4]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, nine shops, and a medical centre. [1] The village school named after Tigran Izmirlian was destroyed in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was rebuilt in 2002, and a renovation and expansion project, jointly sponsored by the Artsakh government, Armenia Fund and the Izmirlian Foundation, commenced in 2020. [5]
The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population, with 467 inhabitants in 2005, [6] and 528 inhabitants in 2015. [1] According to one study, the village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their exodus during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. [7][ better source needed] According to Melkumyan's book, the village has been solely inhabited by Armenians. [2] In 1970 the village had 87 houses and 366 inhabitants, and by 1987 there were 173 houses and 476 inhabitants. [2]