Qarakeçdi
Place in Lachin, Azerbaijan
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Qarakeçdi (Garakechdi) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
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| Coordinates: 39°45′09″N 46°16′20″E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Lachin |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 56 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
The village was known as Leninkend (Azerbaijani: Leninkənd) during the Soviet period until it was renamed in 1999 to Qarakeçdi.[2]
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in May 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Lernahovit (Armenian: Լեռնահովիտ), and previously Yeznagomer (Եզնագոմեր). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
