Gülablı

Gülablı (Gulably) or Abdal-Gülablı (Abdal-Gulably)[2] is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan.

Gülablı
Gülablı
Coordinates: 39°52′51″N 46°56′50″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonAgdam
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total306
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces on 4 September 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

The village subsequently became part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Martuni Province, referred to as Vazgenashen (Armenian: Վազգենաշեն). Its population as of 2005 was 226.[3]

It was returned to Azerbaijan on 20 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Drone shootdown

On September 12, 2011, an UAV was reportedly shot down by the air defense arm of the Artsakh Defence Army near the village.[4] Preliminary investigations carried out determined that the model was a Hermes 450 type.[5]

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense initially denied losing any drones. But several days later the state news agency APA, citing a Turkish tabloid newspaper, came out with an elaborate explanation that the UAV was supposedly operated by Israel and making reconnaissance flights from Armenia to spy on Iran.[6]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ""Bir kəndin məşhurları" - Ağdamın Abdal-Gülablı kəndinin tanınmışları". modern.az (in Azerbaijani). 24 July 2015.
  3. De Facto and De Jure Population by Administrative Territorial Distribution and Sex, Results of 2005 census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
  4. "Armenia: Military Downed Drone Plane Operated By Azerbaijani Armed Forces." Armenian Reporter. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  5. Mortimer, Gary. "Armenian military shoot down Israeli made drone operated by Azerbaijani armed forces Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine." sUAS News. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  6. Kocera, Joshua. "Azerbaijani Media: That Drone Wasn't Ours – It Was Israel's!." Eurasianet. September 20, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
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