Aghjakend / Khandzadzor Ağcakənd / Խանձաձոր | |
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  Aghjakend / Khandzadzor | |
| Coordinates:39°29′49″N46°52′42″E / 39.49694°N 46.87833°E /39.49694; 46.87833 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Elevation | 1,391 m (4,564 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 122 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Aghjakend (Azerbaijani:Ağcakənd) orKhandzadzor (Armenian:Խանձաձոր) is a village in theKhojavend District ofAzerbaijan, in thedisputed region ofNagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnicArmenian-majority population prior to the2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
During theSoviet period, the village was part of theHadrut District of theNagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After theFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of theHadrut Province of the breakawayRepublic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 20 October 2020, during the2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church ofSurb Astvatsatsin (Armenian:Սուրբ Աստվածածին,lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1698, the 17th-century monastery ofKatarovank (Armenian:Կատարովանք), a 17th-centurykhachkar, and an 18th/19th-century cemetery.[1]
The village had 137 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 122 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
