Shamkhor :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

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Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District)

Historical Introduction

The administrative district of Shamkhor, established in 1930, occupies an area of 1,660 square kilometres and comprises 62 residential settlements, including 60 villages. Its centre is Shamkhor City founded in an area once occupied by the Turkish village of Morul and the former German colony of Annenfeld. It borders on Getabek, Dashkesan, Touz and Khanlar Districts of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 448.

Population
1988 — 1989 yy․

The entire district of Shamkhor was stripped of its Armenian population during the deportation of 1988 to 1989.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 448.

Type Photo
View Partial view
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Map
Author Samvel Karapetyan