Gülablı
Gülablı (Gulably) or Abdal-Gülablı (Abdal-Gulably)[1] is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan.
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Coordinates: 39°52′51″N 46°56′50″E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Rayon | Agdam |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 306 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (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.[2]
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.[3] Preliminary investigations carried out determined that the model was a Hermes 450 type.[4]
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.[5]
Notes
- ""Bir kəndin məşhurları" - Ağdamın Abdal-Gülablı kəndinin tanınmışları". modern.az (in Azerbaijani). 24 July 2015.
- De Facto and De Jure Population by Administrative Territorial Distribution and Sex, Results of 2005 census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
- "Armenia: Military Downed Drone Plane Operated By Azerbaijani Armed Forces." Armenian Reporter. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- Mortimer, Gary. "Armenian military shoot down Israeli made drone operated by Azerbaijani armed forces." sUAS News. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- Kocera, Joshua. "Azerbaijani Media: That Drone Wasn't Ours – It Was Israel's!." Eurasianet. September 20, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.