Zəngilan

Zangilan (Armenian: Կովսական / Kovsakan) is a town that is de jure located in the Zangilan Rayon of Azerbaijan. Since the Nagorno-Karabakh War it has been administered as part of Kashatagh Region by the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh.

For the administrative district, see Zangilan Rayon. For the nearby village formerly with this name, see İçəri.

Zəngilan
Kovsakan
Kovsakan nature
Zəngilan
Kovsakan
Coordinates: 39°03′56″N 46°41′49″E
CountryAzerbaijan (de facto - Nagorno Karabakh Republic)
District
Province		Zangilan
Qarabag Region
Population
 (2015)
 • Total500 [1]
Time zoneUTC+4 (UTC)

Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, a growing number of Armenian refugees from Syria have chosen to settle in this town, many of them farmers.[2][3][4]

  • Voghji River in Zəngilan
  • A street in Zəngilan
  • Khudapherin Reservoir in Zəngilan
  • A khachkar in Zəngilan

References
  1. http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf
  2. "Armenia: Syrian Refugees Resettling in Occupied Azerbaijani Territory". EurasiaNet. 28 January 2013.
  3. "Syrian-Armenians in NKR benefit from AGBU agricultural program".
  4. "Armenia: refugees in the military". Deutsche Welle.


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