Urakhach

Urakhach / Ulubaba
Ուրախաչ / Ուլուպապ
Urakhach / Ulubaba is located in Azerbaijan
Urakhach / Ulubaba
Urakhach / Ulubaba
Location within Azerbaijan
Urakhach / Ulubaba is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Urakhach / Ulubaba
Urakhach / Ulubaba
Location within Karabakh Economic Region
Coordinates: 40°01′10″N 46°41′45″E / 40.01944°N 46.69583°E / 40.01944; 46.69583
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Urakhach (Armenian: Ուրախաչ, also Urukhach, Ուրուխաչ) or Ulubaba (Armenian: Ուլուպապ, romanized: Ulupap) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Economy and culture

The village is part of the community of Khachen. As of 2015, the village is uninhabited.

References

  1. ↑ "İnzi̇bati̇ Ərazi̇ Bölgüsü Təsni̇fati, 2019" (PDF). stat.gov.az.
  2. ↑ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.
  3. ↑ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".