Zəngilan

For the administrative district, see Zangilan Rayon. For the nearby village formerly with this name, see İçəri.
"Zangelan" redirects here. For places in Iran, see Zangelan, Iran.

Coordinates: 39°03′56″N 46°41′49″E / 39.06556°N 46.69694°E / 39.06556; 46.69694

Zəngilan
Kovsakan

Kovsakan
Zəngilan
Kovsakan
Coordinates: 39°03′56″N 46°41′49″E / 39.06556°N 46.69694°E / 39.06556; 46.69694
Country Azerbaijan (de facto - Nagorno Karabakh Republic)
District
Province		 Zangilan
Qarabag Region
Population (2015)
 • Total 500 [1]
Time zone UTC (UTC+4)

Zangilan (Armenian: Կովսական / Kovsakan) is a town which is de jure located in the Zangilan Rayon of Azerbaijan. Since the Nagorno-Karabakh War it has been administered as part of Kashatagh Region by the de facto independent Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. Zangilan was part of Ancient Armenia and also the Kingdom of Artsakh but was deliberately excluded from the Karabakh Autonomous Region in 1923, but then reunited with Nagorno Karabakh Republic during the National Liberation War.[2]

History

Kovsakan as it is known in Armenian was part of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Artsakh but was deliberately excluded from the Karabakh Autonomous Region in 1923, but then reunited with Nagorno Karabakh Republic during the National Liberation War.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf
  2. 1 2 Robert H. Hewsen, Armenia: A Historical Atlas. The University of Chicago Press, 2001, pp. 40, 101-102, 264-265.


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