39°09′01″N46°56′49″E / 39.15028°N 46.94694°E /39.15028; 46.94694
Xudafərin | |
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  Xudafərin | |
| Coordinates:39°09′01″N46°56′49″E / 39.15028°N 46.94694°E /39.15028; 46.94694 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Jabrayil |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Xudafərin (Khudaferin) is a town in theJabrayil District ofAzerbaijan.[1] The town is near theKhudaferin Bridges and the border withIran.
It was occupied by the Armed Forces of Armenia between 1993 and late 2020.
The village was originally called Khudayarly after one of the four generations who lived in the village. During theWorld War II, part of the population moved and founded the village ofKhalafli in the east. The rest of the village began to settle in the immediate vicinity of theKhudaferin bridge, and therefore the village began to be named Khudaferin.[2]
During the years of theRussian Empire, the village of Khudayarly was part ofJabrayil district,Elizavetpol province.
During the Soviet years, the village was part ofJabrayil district ofAzerbaijan SSR. The town was captured by Armenian forces in theFirst Karabakh War and was destroyed.[3][4][5]
On 18 October 2020, photos and videos of hoisting the Azerbaijani flag on the bridge by Azerbaijani military during theSecond Karabakh War appeared on social media.[6][7][8][9]
On 30 October 2020, theMinistry of Defence of Azerbaijan published a reportage from the village of Khudaferin.[10][11]
The village is located on the left bank ofAraz River, at an altitude of about 295 m.
According to the “Code of statistical data of the Transcaucasian region population, extracted from the family lists of 1886”, in the village of Khudayarly ofKovshutli rural district, ofJabrayil district there were 27 dym where lived 129 Azerbaijanis (listed as “Tatars”), who were Shiites by religion and peasants.[12]
According to the “Caucasian Calendar” for 1912, 157 people lived in the village of Khudayarly, Karyagin district, mostly Azerbaijanis, indicated in the calendar as “Tatars”.[13]
According to the publication “Administrative Division of the ASSR”, prepared in 1933 by the Department of National Economic Accounting of theAzerbaijan SSR (AzNEA), as of 1 January 1933, in the village of Khudayarly, which was part ofKumlak village council of Jabrayil district ofAzerbaijan SSR, there were 34 households and 253 residents. 98.9% of the population of the village council were Azerbaijanis (in the source listed as “Turks”).[14]
Between the village of Khudaferin and the village of Kumlak are located the medieval Khudaferin bridges. Upstream is the Khudaferin reservoir.
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