Karkijahan

Krkjan or Karkijahan is a settlement near the city of . The village had an Armenian-majority population prior to the Khaibalikend massacre in 1919 and subsequently an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988.
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  • Town with 2,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 997 metres (3,271 feet)
  • Description: settlement within Khankendi city of Azerbaijan
  • Also known as
    “Karkijahan, Nagorno-Karabakh”
    “Kirdidzhan”
    “Krkzhan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Armenian Dramatic Theater of Stepanakert and Stepanakert Memorial.
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is a theater building.
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The Khankendi Memorial, or Victory Monument, is a memorial located in , .
Oktay Dünyamalıyev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a bridge, which is situated 2½ km east of Karkijahan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ghaibalishen, Nagorno-Karabakh and Nağılar.
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Ghaibalishen or Qaybali is a village that is part… is situated 3 km south of Karkijahan.
is a village in the of . is situated 3½ km south of Karkijahan.
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Dashushen or Dashkand is a village in the… is situated 4 km east of Karkijahan.

Karkijahan

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Latitude
39.80204° or 39° 48′ 7″ north
Longitude
46.73864° or 46° 44′ 19″ east
Open location code
8HF8RP2Q+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11209947182
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
147736
Wiki­data ID
Q4793204

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Karkijahan” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Javadlar”
  • Armenian: “Կրկժան”
  • Armenian: “Կրկջան”
  • Armenian: “Ջավադլար”
  • Armenian: “Քրքջան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kərkicahan”
  • Cebuano: “Kirkidzhan”
  • Dutch: “Kərkicahan”
  • Malay: “Kərkicahan”
  • Persian: “کرکی‌جهان”
  • Russian: “Киркиджан”
  • Russian: “Кяркиджахан”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کرکی جاهان”
  • Swedish: “Kirkidzhan”
  • Turkish: “Kerkicahan”

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