Kərkənc

Kərkənc
Municipality
Kərkənc
Coordinates: 40°35′01″N 48°34′03″E / 40.58361°N 48.56750°E / 40.58361; 48.56750Coordinates: 40°35′01″N 48°34′03″E / 40.58361°N 48.56750°E / 40.58361; 48.56750
Country  Azerbaijan
Rayon Shamakhi
Population
 • Total 731
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Kərkənc (also, Kerkench) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 731. Until 1989 it was known as predominantly populated by ethnic Armenians. Between May and July 1989 the Armenian population of Kərkənc effected an amicable village exchange with the then-Azerbaijani population of Kizil Shafaq (now known as Dzyunashogh) in Armenia.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ BEYOND THE KARABAKH CONFLICT: The Story of Village Exchange - book about the population swap by Sevil Huseynova, Arsen Hakobyan, & Sergey Rumyantsev
  2. ↑ Arsen Hakobyan's article on the village exchange


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