Arpagədik

Arpagadik (Azerbaijani: Arpagədik) or Arpagetik (Armenian: Արփագետիկ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

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Coordinates: 39°33′20″N 46°42′24″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	24
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Toponymy

The village was historically also known as Karing (Armenian: Քարինգ).

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Demographics

The village had 24 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]