Yeni Zod ( hy, Ազատ, Azat) is a village and municipality in the
Goygol District of
Azerbaijan
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. The village had an
Armenian
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* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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population before the
exodus
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* Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible
* The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan
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of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
In 1989, the village became home to ethnic Azeri refugees from
Sotk (Zod) in Armenia. The village became the new municipal seat known as Yeni Zod ("New Zod").
Toponymy
The village was known as ''Azad'' until 1999.
History
The village was a part of the Getashen subdistrict which participated in the
Artsakh declaration of independence.
Demographics
The village has a population of 1,216.
Murovdan bir az bəri... Yeni Zod kəndində keçirilən səyyar qəbuldan reportaj
''Xalg gazeti''. 27 January 2015.
References
Populated places in Goygol District
Former Armenian inhabited settlements
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