Edilli

For the village in Turkey, see Edilli, Akçakoca.

Edilli (Azerbaijani: Edilli; Armenian: Էդիլլու, romanized: Edillu) or Ukhtadzor (Armenian: Ուխտաձոր) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.^[2]

Edilli / Ukhtadzor Էդիլլու / Ուխտաձոր
Edilli / Ukhtadzor
Coordinates: 39°33′39″N 47°04′09″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	309
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

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 breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

On 4 October 2022, Azerbaijani sources reported the discovery of three sites of graves it claimed to belong to Azerbaijani military servicemen from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the village. As most of the buried soldiers had had their legs tied, Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Ziya Guliyev has described it "an example of a war crime."^[3][4]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1692, and a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 327 inhabitants in 2005,^[5] and 309 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]