Yeni Zod () is a village and municipality in the

Goygol District Goygol District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan, situated in the western part of the country within the Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region. The district is bordered by districts of Goranboy, Kalbajar, Dashkasan, Shamkir, Samukh, and ...

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. The village had an

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population before the

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of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the

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. 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 {{Goygol-geo-stub