Qarğabazar () is a village in the
Fuzuli District
Fuzuli District ( az, Füzuli rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojavend, Aghjabadi, Beylagan, J ...
of
Azerbaijan
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. It is located in the southern part of
Fuzuli city, at the foot of Ilanlidag Mountain (559,7 m), at a height of 460 meters.
History
The village was occupied by Armenian forces in 1993, during the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War and all of its Azerbaijani inhabitants were forced out. Since 1993, the village was administrated as part of
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 ...
of the breakaway
Republic of Artsakh
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and renamed Ijevanatun (). On 20 October 2020
President of Azerbaijan
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Ilham Aliyev announced that the village had been recaptured.
Notable sites
*
Caravanserai built in 1681.
*
Giyas ad-Din Mosque, built in the 17th century.
* There was a Russo-Tatar (Russo-Azerbaijani) primary school in the village during the
pre-revolutionary period.
Notable people
* Gubad Gasimov, music expert, Honorary Art Worker of Azerbaijan
* Bahadur Eyvazov, dermatologist, Honorary Doctor and Honored Science Worker of Azerbaijan
* Sardar Sardarov, architect, Honorary Architect of Azerbaijan
* Bunyad Sardarov (1889–1919), revolutionary
Gallery
Artcakh, Varanda (Fizuli)- Idjevanatun (Kargabazar) road, 2014.05.10 - panoramio.jpg,
Garghabazar Caravanserai 1.jpg,
References
External links
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Qargabazar, Azerbaijan Page
Populated places in Fuzuli District
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