Garnakar / Chormanly
Գառնաքար / Çormanlı | |
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Coordinates: 40°02′06″N 46°34′05″E / 40.03500°N 46.56806°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Kalbajar |
Elevation | 964 m (3,163 ft) |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 161 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Garnakar ( Armenian: Գառնաքար) or Chormanly ( Azerbaijani: Çormanlı) is a village that is located in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023 and in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 9th-century Hamami Church ( Armenian: Համամի եկեղեցի, romanized: Hamami Yekeghetsi), the church of Hangats ( Armenian: Հանգած) from between the 11th and 13th centuries, the fortress of Natarin ( Armenian: Նատարին) or Ded ( Armenian: Դեդ), the church of Mughdusi ( Armenian: Մուղդուսի), two villages – one of them named Hamami Dzor ( Armenian: Համամի ձոր), a cemetery and khachkars from between the 12th and the 13th centuries, the Mughdusi Cave, and an 18th/19th-century cemetery. [1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a school, two shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 124 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 161 inhabitants in 2015. [1]