Karkijahan
Krkjan or Karkijahan is a settlement near the city of Stepanakert. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 2,000 residents
- Description: settlement within Khankendi city of Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Karkijahan, Nagorno-Karabakh”, “Kirdidzhan”, and “Krkzhan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Armenian Dramatic Theater of Stepanakert and Stepanakert Memorial.
Armenian Dramatic Theater of Stepanakert
Theater building
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Armenian Dramatic Theater of Stepanakert is a theater building.
Stepanakert Memorial
Monument
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Stepanakert Memorial, or Victory Monument, is a memorial located in Stepanakert, Azerbaijan.
Bahlul, Azerbaijan
Residential area
Bahlul or Pahlul is a village near the city of Stepanakert in Azerbaijan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khankendi and Ghaibalishen, Nagorno-Karabakh.
Khankendi
Photo: RAFFI YOUREDJIAN, CC BY 3.0.
Khankendi, formerly Stepanakert, is a nice small city in Karabakh. The city is controlled by Azerbaijan since 2023; much of the information in this article is likely out of date.
Ghaibalishen, Nagorno-Karabakh
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ghaibalishen or Qaybali is a village that is part of the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2024, the village was controlled by the Republic of Artsakh. Ghaibalishen, Nagorno-Karabakh is situated 3 km south of Karkijahan.
Nağılar
Village
Nağılar is a village in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan. Nağılar is situated 3½ km south of Karkijahan.
Karkijahan
- Categories: human settlement, urban-type settlement, and locality
- Location: Khojaly, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.80204° or 39° 48′ 7″ northLongitude
46.73864° or 46° 44′ 19″ eastPopulation
2,000Elevation
997 metres (3,271 feet)Open location code
8HF8RP2Q+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 11209947182OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
147736Wikidata ID
Q4793204
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Karkijahan” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Javadlar”
- Armenian: “Krkjan”
- 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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