Demirchilyar :: ARTSAKH LOCATIONS

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Location

Another Turkish village of the same name, it is situated on the right bank of the river Voskepar, 8 kilometres west of the district centre, at an altitude of 370 to 410 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 303.

Historical Introduction
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It was established in the site of an ancient Armenian village in the late 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 303.

The available scanty statistical data on the number of the local population represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	85	283	157	440		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 146-147; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 303.
1908				493		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 239; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 303.
1914				495		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 117; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 303.
1977				1111		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Baku, 1979, p. 406; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 303.