Barxudarlı

Barkhudarly (Azerbaijani: Barxudarlı; Armenian: Բարխուդարլու, romanized: Barkhudarlu) is an abandoned Azerbaijani village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, under the de facto control of Armenia. Sofulu and Barxudarlı, together, form a 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) exclave of Azerbaijan surrounded by Armenia's Tavush Province.

Barxudarlı
Barxudarlı
Coordinates: 40°59′36″N 045°13′31″E
Country (de jure)	Azerbaijan
• District	Qazax
Country (de facto)	Armenia
• Province	Tavush
• Municipality	Ijevan
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

History

Following a four-day siege, the village was captured by the Armenian Armed Forces on 27 April 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.^[1] The exclave has been under the control of Armenia ever since and is administered as part of the surrounding Tavush Province.^{[citation needed]}