Karakend
Karakend, or Berdashen is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,480 residents
- Description: village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Garakand”, “Garakend”, “Kara Kana”, “Kzkala”, and “Qarakənd”
- Historically known as: “Ghzghala”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yemishchan and Ashan.
Yemishchan
Village
Photo: Emishchan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yemishchan is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Yemishchan is situated 2½ km southwest of Karakend.
Ashan
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashan or Heshan is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Ashan is situated 3 km west of Karakend.
Ağkənd
Village
Spitakashen or Aghkend is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Ağkənd is situated 3 km south of Karakend.
Karakend
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Khojavend District, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.84829° or 39° 50′ 54″ northLongitude
47.02915° or 47° 1′ 45″ eastPopulation
1,480Elevation
686 metres (2,251 feet)Open location code
8HF9R2XH+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1347126895OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
147906Wikidata ID
Q2660750
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Karakend” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “K’araglukh”
- Armenian: “Բերդաշեն”
- Armenian: “Կարաքենդ” (historical)
- Armenian: “Ղզղալա” (historical)
- Armenian: “Քարագլուխ”
- Azerbaijani: “Qarakənd”
- Belarusian: “Бердашэн”
- Belarusian: “Бэрдашэн”
- Belarusian: “Каракенд”
- Belarusian: “Сяло Бердашэн”
- Cebuano: “Karakend”
- Chechen: “Гаракаьнд (Ходжаваьндан кӀошт)”
- Chechen: “Гаракаьнд”
- Chinese: “卡拉肯德”
- Dutch: “Karakend”
- French: “Berdashen”
- French: “Garakend”
- Greek: “Γκαρακέντ”
- Greek: “Καρακέντ”
- Irish: “Qarakənd”
- Italian: “Berdashen”
- Japanese: “カラケンド”
- Japanese: “ガラケンド”
- Malay: “Berdashen (Nagorno-Karabakh)”
- Malay: “Berdashen”
- Malay: “Qarakənd”
- Persian: “برداشن، مارتونی”
- Russian: “Бердашен”
- Russian: “Гаракенд”
- Russian: “Каракенд”
- South Azerbaijani: “قاراکند (خوجاوند)”
- South Azerbaijani: “قاراکند”
- Swedish: “Karakend”
- Tatar: “Гаракәнд (Хоҗавәнд)”
- Tatar: “Гаракәнд”
- Ukrainian: “Бердашен”
- Uzbek: “Qarakənd”
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