Yeniabad :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

1954 y․ Monuments

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

Location

The village lies on the right bank of the river Shamkor, 14 kilometres north-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 200 to 215 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 521.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was founded in the late 19th century by some stock-breeding Turkish tribes which had changed to a sedentary life.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 521.

Population
1908 y․

In 1908 it had a population of 64.

Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 205.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 521.

Historical Introduction
1954 y․

The village was officially renamed Yeniabad in 1954.

The Azerbaijanian SSR: Administrative-Territorial Division. Baku, 1979, p. 211.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 521.

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