Arakül
Sign in to saveArakul (, also Aragül) or Arakel () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Arakul / Arakel
- Settlement.native_name
- Arakül / Առաքել
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Church at Arakel St. Mariam Astvatsatsin.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The church of Surb Astvatsatsin in the village
- Settlement.image_size
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan#Karabakh
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Khojavend
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 134
- Settlement.timezone
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Arakül
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Dzhebrailsky Uyezd
- Population
- +278
- Elevation
- +812
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Image
- Arakel, Hadrut region, Artzakh.jpg
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Historical heritage sites
- Demographics
- References
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Arakul (, also Aragül) or Arakel () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
== Etymology == thumb|left|Village gate According to local tradition, the village is named "Arakel" (which means "apostle" in Armenian) because Thaddeus (Jude the Apostle), the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church, stayed in the area.