Chaghaduz / Sargsashen
Çağadüz / Սարգսաշեն | |
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Coordinates: 39°41′31″N 46°53′42″E / 39.69194°N 46.89500°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
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• Total | 285 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Chaghaduz ( Azerbaijani: Çağadüz) or Sargsashen ( Armenian: Սարգսաշեն) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a shrine from between the 2nd millennium BCE and the 17th century BCE, the fortress-settlement of Jaghaduz ( Armenian: Ջաղադուզ) from the 3rd century BCE, khachkars from between the 11th and 12th centuries, and 19th-century watermills. [1]
The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989. [2] Prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, it also had an Armenian majority with 264 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 285 inhabitants in 2015. [1]