Kərkənc

Municipality in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan

Kərkənc Քերքենջ • Kerkenj
Municipality
40°35′01″N 48°34′03″E / 40.58361°N 48.56750°E / 40.58361; 48.56750
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Shamakhi
Population ^{[citation needed]}
• Total	731
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Kərkənc (Karkanj; Armenian: Քերքենջ, romanized: Kerkenj) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 731. Until 1989 it was predominantly populated by ethnic Armenians. Between May and July 1989 the Armenian population of Karkanj were subject to an unusual village exchange with the then-Azerbaijani population of Gizil Shafag (now known as Dzyunashogh) in Armenia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Qarabağ münaqişəsi ucbatından kəndlərini bir-birilə dəyişən ermənilər və azərbaycanlılar". bbc.com. BBC Azeri Service. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ BEYOND THE KARABAKH CONFLICT: The Story of Village Exchange - book about the population swap by Sevil Huseynova, Arsen Hakobyan, & Sergey Rumyantsev
^ Arsen Hakobyan's article on the village exchange^{[permanent dead link]}