Jamilli ( hy, Ջամիլլի; az, Cəmilli) is a village ''
de facto
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'' in the
Askeran Province of the
breakaway Republic of Artsakh
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, ''
de jure
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'' in the
Khojaly District
Khojaly District ( az, Xocalı 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 Kalbajar, Lachin, Shusha, Agdam and Khoj ...
of
Azerbaijan
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, in the disputed region of
Nagorno-Karabakh
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. The village had an Azerbaijani majority prior to their expulsion during the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
History
In June 1919, Jamilli and the neighboring villages of
Ghaibalishen (Khaibalikend),
Karkijahan and
Pahlul were looted and burnt as part of the
Khaibalikend massacre by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers, in which a total of 600-700 Armenians were killed.
During the
Soviet
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period, the village was a part of the
Askeran 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 ...
.
Demographics
According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 125 people, with the entire population being Armenian. Until the 1960s, the village was populated by Armenians, however, in 1963-1964, under the pretext of building a water pipeline to
Stepanakert near the village, the population of the village were moved to the city of Stepanakert where they were provided land. After that, the village was populated by Azerbaijanis. In 1989, Jamilli had a population of 549 people.
The Russian human rights organisation
Memorial reported on the forced exodus of the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village, along with several other Azerbaijani villages in the area, during the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Notable people
* Shakir Salakhov — National Hero of Azerbaijan
Gallery
Cəmilli village, Azerbaijan 1.jpg,
Cəmilli village, Azerbaijan 2.jpg,
References
External links
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Populated places in Khojaly District
Populated places in Askeran Province