Arakül

Arakül
Առաքել
Arakül
Coordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E / 39.43778°N 46.99750°E / 39.43778; 46.99750Coordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E / 39.43778°N 46.99750°E / 39.43778; 46.99750
De facto country  Republic of Artsakh
De facto region Hadrut
De jure country  Azerbaijan
De jure district Khojavend
Population (2005)
 • Total 106
Time zone UTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+5 (AZT)

Arakül (Armenian: Առաքել Arakel) is a village in the Khojavend Rayon of Azerbaijan and Hadrut Province of the Republic of Artsakh. During the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was occupied by the Armenian Army in 1993.

Etymology

According to legend, Arakel is named so because Thaddeus, the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church, stayed here whilst preaching to the Armenians.

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