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Also known as Dashbulag

Astghashen () or Dashbulag (; ) is a village in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village is famous for its unique star-shaped stones, which the village derives its name from. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in AZ, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony's link graph records 65 inbound references to Daşbulaq, and connects out to Badara, Fərrux and Azerbaijan.

It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Khojaly District.

Vinony links it to 16 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
Daşbulaq
Region
Khojaly
Country
Azərbaycan
Population
0

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Air quality

54US AQIModerate
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10.2 µg/m³
PM10
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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Astghashen / Dashbulag
Settlement.native_name
Աստղաշեն / Daşbulaq
Settlement.image_skyline
Գյուղի համայնապատկեր.jpg
Settlement.image_size
300px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Azerbaijan#Karabakh
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Khojaly
Settlement.population_as_of
2015
Settlement.population_total
507
Settlement.timezone
AZT
Settlement.utc_offset
+4
Settlement.elevation_m
772

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Azerbaijan
Elevation
772
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Image
Dashbulag village in Khojaly district, September 2025.jpg
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Commons category
Daşbulaq (Xocalı)
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Astghashen () or Dashbulag (; ) is a village in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village is famous for its unique star-shaped stones, which the village derives its name from. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

== Toponymy == The village was historically known as Karaghbyur (). The name Astghashen means "village of stars", with the word Astgh () meaning "star" in Armenian, referring to the famous star-shaped fossils of the village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daşbulaq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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