Arakül

Coordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E / 39.43778°N 46.99750°E / 39.43778; 46.99750

Arakül
Առաքել
Arakül
Coordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E / 39.43778°N 46.99750°E / 39.43778; 46.99750
Country De facto Nagorno-Karabakh
De jure Azerbaijan
Province
Rayon		 Hadrut
Khojavend
Population (2005)
 • Total 106
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Arakül (Armenian: Առաքել Arakel) is a village in the Khojavend Rayon of Azerbaijan and Hadrut Province of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. During the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was occupied by the Armenian Army in 1993.

Etymology

According to legend, Arakel is named so because Thaddeus, the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church, stayed here whilst preaching to the Armenians.

References


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