Geography
The village of Khalfali is the center of the Khalfali rural administrative-territorial district of Shusha district, while this rural administrative-territorial district also includes the villages of Armudlu, Dukanlar, Garabulag, Lachinlar, Mirzalar, Shushulu, Zamanpayasi. The village is located at an altitude of 1260 m on the bank of the Khalfalichay River, which flows into the Karkarchay River. It is located in the northern part of the Shusha district, just 4 km west of the regional center of Shusha.History
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Shusha district, which in turn was part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region (NKAR) of Azerbaijan SSR. As a result of the Karabakh conflict, the village was occupied by Armenian Armed Forces in 1992. According to the Trilateral Statement signed on the night of 9-10 November 2020, following the results of the Second Karabakh War, the village came under the control of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces. As a result of the military operations carried out by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan in Karabakh on 19-20 September 2023, the village was returned under the control of Azerbaijan.Population
Before the Karabakh War, the village had an exclusively Azerbaijani population. According to the Caucasian calendar of 1912, 1 389 people lived in the village mostly Azerbaijanis listed as "Tatars". According to the 1921 census, 1 073 Azerbaijanis lived in the village listed as "Azerbaijani Turks". According to the data for 1986, 126 Azerbaijanis lived in the village.Азербайджанская Советская Энциклопедия, 1986References
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