Karki ( az, Kərki; hy, Տիգրանաշեն, translit=Tigranashen) is a village that is ''

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'' an

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of the Sadarak District of the

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ( az, Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası, ), is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republic with a populat ...

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, ''

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'' under the control of

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, administrated as part of its

Ararat Province Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan ...

. The village has been renamed Tigranashen ( hy, Տիգրանաշեն) by the Armenian government after the ancient king

Tigranes the Great Tigranes II, more commonly known as Tigranes the Great ( hy, Տիգրան Մեծ, ''Tigran Mets''; grc, Τιγράνης ὁ Μέγας ''Tigránes ho Mégas''; la, Tigranes Magnus) (140 – 55 BC) was King of Armenia under whom the ...

, under whose reign the Kingdom of Armenia attained its greatest power.Karki / Tigranashen exclave – Azerbaijan – Azerb.com
/ref> The village is located on the bank of the

Akhuryan Akhuryan ( hy, , translit=Axuryan), is a major village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 7,113 as per the 2011 official census down from 9,696 a ...

River near the

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Jermuk Jermuk ( hy, Ջերմուկ) is a mountain spa town and the center of the Jermuk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in southern Armenia, at a road distance of east of the provincial capital Yeghegnadzor. It was considered one of the popular ...

highway, which is away from the district centre. The area of the village itself is . The main highway connecting northern Armenia with southern Armenia passes right by the village, which is today mostly inhabited by Armenians, both locals and refugees from Azerbaijan.

History

The village was captured on 19 January 1990, by Armenian forces during the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 t ...

. Since May 1992, following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Karki has been controlled by Armenia, which administers the territory as part of its

. After the war, many of the former inhabitants of Karki resettled in a new village,

Yeni Kərki Yeni Kərki is a village and the least populous municipality in the Kangarli District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located near to the Nakhchivan-Sharur highway, 14 km in the north-east from the district center. Its population is mainly ...

(New Karki), created within the Kangarli District of Azerbaijan.

Demographics

According to the 1910 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', Karki (Кярки, ''Kyarki'') had a predominantly Tatar (later known as

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) population of 244 in 1908. This number increased slightly to 245 in 1911 before declining to 242 in 1914. The village had a present population of 151, and a permanent population of 154 in 2011.

Gallery

Tigranashen, Armenia.JPG, View of Karki from Armenia's main north-south highway.

References

* Populated places in Azerbaijan Populated places in Sadarak District Enclaves and exclaves {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub