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Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Kosalar (Village)

Location

The village is situated 5 kilometres north of the district centre, at an average altitude of 320 metres above sea level.

Foundation
19 c․

It was established in the late 19th century by some cattle-breeding tribes which had changed to a sedentary life.

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

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	125	514	380	894	These figures are, evidently, exaggerated.	Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 152-153; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.
1907				460		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 285; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.
1914				467		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 140; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.
1980				2782		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 5, Baku, 1981, p. 526; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.