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Karmirgyugh / Gyzyloba Կարմիրգյուղ / Qızıloba
A view of the village
Karmirgyugh / Gyzyloba
Coordinates: 39°46′06″N 46°51′02″E / 39.76833°N 46.85056°E / 39.76833; 46.85056
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojaly
Elevation	1,211 m (3,973 ft)
Population
• Total	171
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Karmirgyugh (Armenian: Կարմիրգյուղ, lit. 'Red Village') or Gyzyloba (Azerbaijani: Qızıloba) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 12th/13th-century Church of the Martyr (Armenian: Ըղեն նահատակ եկեղեցի, romanized: Yghen Nahatak Yekeghetsi), an 18th/19th-century cemetery, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1841, a spring monument from 1862, and a bridge built in 1864.

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population. It had 174 inhabitants in 2005, and 171 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

• Scenery around the village
• Nature around the village

References

1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
3. Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

• Karmirgyugh, Nagorno-Karabakh at GEOnet Names Server
• A short documentary about the village on YouTube

v t e Askeran Province
Capital: Askeran
Urban communities	Askeran
Rural communities	Astghashen Aygestan Berkadzor Dahrav Dahraz Dashushen Harav Hilis Hovsepavan Ivanyan Jamilli Karmirgyugh Khachen Khachmach Khandzk Khnapat Khnatsakh Khndzristan Khramort Krasni Kyatuk Lusadzor Mkhitarashen Nakhijevanik Nerkin Sznek Noragyugh Patara Parukh Rev Sardarashen Sarnaghbyur Sarushen Shosh Tsaghkashat Urakhach Varazabun Vardadzor Verin Sznek
Not under Artsakh control	Akna Aknaghbyur Armenakavan Avetaranots Jraghatsner Madatashen Moshkhmhat Sghnakh Ughtasar

v t e Khojaly District
Capital: Khojaly
Ağbulaq Ağgədik Almalı Aranzəmin Aşağı Qılıçbağ Aşağı Quşçular Aşağı Yemişcan Badara Baharlı Ballıca Başkənd Canhəsən Cavadlar Cəmilli Çanaqçı Dağdağan Dağyurd Daşbaşı Daşbulaq Daşkənd Dəhrəz Dəmirçilər Əsgəran Fərrux Harov Kosalar Malibeyli Mədədkənd Mehdibəyli Meşəli Muxtar Naxçıvanlı Pircamal Pirlər Qarabulaq Qarakötük Qayabaşı Qışlaq Qızıloba Seyidbəyli Sərdarkənd Sığnaq Suncinka Şəlvə Şuşikənd Təzəbinə Ulubaba Xaçmaç Xanabad Xanyeri Xanyurdu Xocalı Yalobakənd Yuxarı Quşçular Yuxarı Yemişcan

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