Jilan / Saralanj
Cilən / Սարալանջ | |
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Coordinates: 39°26′09″N 46°58′11″E / 39.43583°N 46.96972°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 27 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Jilan ( Azerbaijani: Cilən) or Saralanj ( Armenian: Սարալանջ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
The village had 28 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 27 inhabitants in 2015. [1]