Bina ( az, Binə; hy, Բինա) or Tumi ( hy, Տումի) is a village in the

Khojavend District Khojavend District ( az, Xocavənd rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Lachin, Shusha, Khojaly, Agdam, Agh ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

, in the disputed region of

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is m ...

. The village had an ethnic

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

-majority population prior to the

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, involving Azerbai ...

, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.

Toponymy

The village was known as ''Domi'' ( hy, Դոմի; russian: Домы; az, Domı) during the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

period.

History

During the

period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), DQMV, hy, Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ, ԼՂԻՄ was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its cap ...

. The village was administered by the

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...

as part of its

Hadrut Province Hadrut Province ( hy, Հադրութի շրջան) was a province of the Republic of Artsakh. The provincial capital was Hadrut city. The last governor was Valery Gevorkian. The province was captured by the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbai ...

after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was captured in October 2020 by Azerbaijani forces during the

with the

population of the village having previously evacuated.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 9th and 19th centuries, the 11th-century Church of the Red Cross ( hy, Եկեղեցի Կարմիր Խաչ, Yekeghetsi Karmir Khach), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a 12th/13th-century bridge, the fortress of ''Ghlen Kar'' ( hy, Ղլեն Քար, also known as Dizapayt Fortress and ''Gorozaberd'', ) from between the 13th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century

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monument.

Demographics

The village had 760 inhabitants in 2005, and 746 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Bridge-Igakuts.jpg, Igakuts Bridge Fortress-Ghlen Kar.jpg, Ghlen Kar Fortress Bridge in Tumi..JPG, Bridge near Tumi Bridge-Jrvanes.jpg, Jrvanes Bridge

References

External links

* Populated places in Khojavend District Nagorno-Karabakh Former Armenian inhabited settlements {{Khojavend-geo-stub